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BY    SILYESTEE    TISSINGTQN. 


"  IF   WE    ONLY    LOVED    OUR   FRIENDS    AS    WELL    BEFORE 

THEY    DIE    AS    WE    DO    AFTERWARDS, 

WHAT   A    BEATIFIC    WORLD    THIS    WOULD    BE  J    FOR    SOFTENING 

THE    HEART,    AN    HOUR'S    STROLL    IN    A    GRAVEYARD 

IS    WORTH    ALL    THE 

SERMONS    THAT    WERE   EVER   PREACHED." 


LONDON : 

SIMPKIN,"  MARSHALL,  &  Co.,  STATIONERS'  HALL  COURT; 

KEENE,  DERBY  ;  PIPER,  IPSWICH  ; 

AND  BY  ORDER  THROUGH  EVERY  BOOKSELLER. 

1857. 


rpswrcif  , 

ALFRED   PIPER,    PRINTER,    ST.    NICHOLAS 


DEDICATION. 


~rsz 


The  REV.  JOSH.  BOSWOKTH,  D.D.,  F.E.S.,  &c, 
THIS  VOLUME   IS   DEDICATED, 


WOT   THE   GREATEST   RESPECT 


SILVESTER    TISSINGTON. 


922493 


PREFACE. 


PREFACE. 


"To  define  an  Epitaph,"  says  Dr.  Johnson,  "is 
useless ;  every  one  knows  that  it  is  an  inscription  on  a 
tomb."  It  is  from  the  Greek  ex\  upon,  tcl^oq  a  tomb. 
"  An  epitaph,  therefore,  implies  no  particular  character 
of  writing,  but  may  be  composed  in  verse  or  prose.  It 
has  no  rule  to  restrain  or  modify  it,  except  this,  that  it 
ought  not  to  be  longer  than  common  beholders  may  be 
expected  to  have  leisure  and  patience  to  peruse." 

Epitaphs  are  often  very  striking  and  affecting.  In 
a  few  sentences,  the  characters  and  best  qualities  of  the 
most  renowned  are  brought  vividly  before  us,  and  make 
an  impression  which  is  not  easily  effaced.  The  com- 
piler of  the  present  work  has  been  exceedingly  in- 
terested for  many  years  in  collecting  the  memorials  of 
persons  whose  lives  have  been  the  most  distinguished 
in  the  annals  of  fame,  and  thinking  his  publication 
might  not  be  uninteresting,  he  has  ventured  to  consign 
it  to  the  candour  of  the  public,  trusting  that  it  contains 
nothing  which  could  displease  the  most  susceptible  or 
delicate  minds. 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


The  origin  of  epitaphs,  the  precise  period  when 
first  introduced,  and  by  what  nation  they  were  first 
used,  are  subjects  involved  in  obscurity.  They  are 
supposed  to  be  "  of  the  same  age  with  the  art  of 
writing."  The  practise  of  erecting  memorials  to  the 
dead,  is  almost  coeval  with  the  existence  of  the  human 
race.  The  Pyramids,  about  which  so  many  different 
statements  have  been  made,  are  generally  supposed  to 
be  the  oldest  sepulchral  monuments,  even  older  than 
Abraham,  erected  to  transmit  to  future  ages  the  memory 
of  the  princes  who  builf^them. 

The  earliest  mention  of  a  monument  being  erected 
to  the  memory  of  the  dead,  is  recorded  in  Gen.  xxxv, 
20,  that  of  Jacob  setting  a  pillar  upon  Rachel's  grave. 
Six  centuries  after  its  erection,  mention  is  made  of 
"Rachel's  sepulchre,"  1  Sam.  x,  2,  and  though  no 
allusion  is  made  to  the  pillar,  yet  it  is  highly  probable 
that  it  was  then  standing,  and  indicated  her  resting 
place.  Whether  the  pillar  bore  an  inscription  is  not 
stated,  for  it  has  often  been  disputed  whether  the 
ancient  Jews  inscribed  epitaphs  on  the  monuments  of 
their  dead ;  but,  be  that  as  it  may,  it  is  very  certain 
that  inscriptions  on  remarkable  persons,  and  to  com- 
memorate remarkable  events,  were  in  use  many  centu- 
ries prior  to  the  Christian  era.  The  most  ancient 
epitaph  with  which  we  are  acquainted,  is  that  which 
Sardaistapaltjs,  about  876  b.c,  ordered  to  be  engraven 
on  his  tomb,  which  was  to  be  seen  at  Anchiale,  in  the 
time  of  Alexander,  543  years  afterwards,  with  this 
inscription  uponit : — " Sardanapalus  built  Anchiale  and 
Tarsus  in  one  day.  Go,  Passenger,  eat,  drink,  and 
rejoice,  for  the  rest  is  nothing." 


VI 


PREFACE. 


We  read  in  history,  that  the  Athenians,  who  fell 
at  the  battle  of  Marathon,  490  B.C.,  were  buried  in  a 
mound  on  the  spot,  and  pillars  set  up  inscribed  with 
their  names.  This  mound  or  tumulus,  according  to  our 
British  travellers,  is  180  feet  round,  and  the  elevation 
30  feet.  Near  it,  are  the  remains  of  two  sepulchral 
monuments,  standing  in  a  line  with  it,  to  the  south : 
their  foundations  are  of  white  Pentelican  marble;  the 
one  sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  Platseans  and  slaves 
who  fought  in  this  battle,  and  the  other  to  Miltiades, 
the  Athenian  General.  The  latter  is  a  large  square 
pedestal,  formerly  supporting  a  trophy:  it  measured 
eighty  paces  at  the  base,  and  thirteen  in  height ;  but  it 
appears  that  the  erection  of  these  monuments  was 
contrary  to  the  usual  custom  of  the  Athenians. 

The  Amphictyons  erected  a  magnificent  monument 
480  B.C.,  at  Thermopylae,  in  honour  of  the  brave  de- 
fenders of  that  celebrated  pass,  and  upon  the  monument 
were  two  inscriptions,  one  of  which  was  general,  and 
related  to  all  those  that  died  at  Thermopylae,  importing 
that  "the  Greeks  of  Peloponnesus,  to  the  number  only  of 
4,000,  had  vanquished  the  Persian  army,  ivhich  consisted 
of  3,000,000  of  men:  "  the  other  related  to  the  Spartans 
in  particular,  and  is  very  remarkable  for  its  simplicity. 
It  was  composed  by  the  poet  Simonides,  and  is  as 
follows : — "  Go,  Passenger,  and  tell  at  Lacedcemon,  that 
we  died  here  in  obedience  to  her  sacred  laws."  This  tumu- 
lus, erected  as  a  monument  over  the  bodies  of  the  brave 
Spartans  who  were  slain  in  defending  this  pass,  still 
exists.  It  is  a  conical  mound  of  earth,  covered  with 
the  broken  remains  of  a  massive  square  pedestal,  which 
served  as   a   foundation   for   some   monument.     Forty 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


years  afterwards,  Pausanias,  who  gained  the  victory 
of  Plataea,  caused  the  bones  of  Leonidas,  who  fell 
defending  the  pass  of  Thermopylae,  to  be  carried  from 
the  latter  place  to  Sparta,  and  erected  a  magnificent 
monument  to  his  memory,  near  which  was  likewise 
another  erected  to  Pausanias. 

Gelon,  king  of  Syracuse,  who  died  extremely 
regretted  by  his  people,  about  479  B.C.,  had  a  splendid 
mausoleum  erected  by  the  people,  without  the  city,  in 
the  place  where  his  wife  Demarata  had  been  buried, 
surrounded  with  nine  towers  of  surprising  height  and 
magnificence.  This  mausoleum  was  afterwards  demo- 
lished by  the  Carthaginians,  and  the  towers  by  Agath- 
ocles. 

The  epitaph  upon  the  tomb  of  Euchidas,  a  citizen 
of  Plataea,  in  the  temple  of  Diana,  was,  "Here  lies 
Euchidas,  who  went  from  hence  to  Delphi,  and  returned 
the  same  day."  This  Euchidas  travelled  1000  stadia, 
equal  to  125  English  miles,  to  Delphi,  to  fetch  sacred 
fire  to  offer  a  sacrifice  on  an  altar,  which  they  were 
about  to  erect  to  Jupiter  the  Deliverer.  He  returned  to 
Plataea  before  the  setting  of  the  sun,  saluted  his  fellow 
citizens,  delivered  the  fire  to  them,  and  immediately 
fell  down  dead  at  their  feet.  This  happened  about 
479  b.c. 

The  Magnesians  erected  a  monument  to  the  memory 
of  that  renowned  general  and  patriot,  Themistocles,  in 
the  public  square,  which  was  still  standing  in  the  time 
of  Plutarch,  near  600  years  afterwards  :  his  tomb  is 
said  to  have  borne  an  inscription  written  by  Plato,  the 
illustrious  philosopher.     (See  page  23.) 


VIII 


PREFACE. 


A  building  at  the  site  of  the  ancient  JScbatana, 
formerly  the  capital  of  Persia  (now  Mamadan),  is  shown 
as  the  tombs  of  Esther  and  Mordecai.  The  inscriptions 
upon  them  only  refer  as  far  back  as  a.m.  4474,  yet 
they  are  equally  as  interesting  to  us  as  if  they  had  been 
written  at  the  period  of  their  death  ;  for  they  corrobo- 
rate the  truth,  if  such  were  needed,  of  that  simple  and 
instructive  narrative,  which  not  only  teaches  us  that 
worldly  possessions  will  not  satisfy  the  heart  where 
Divine  contentment  does  not  prevail,  but  also  conveys 
a  striking  lesson  of  the  instability  of  all  human  great- 
ness— nay,  of  its  certain  downfall,  unless  secured  by 
God's  blessing.  As  these  inscriptions  are  worthy  of 
especial  notice,  we  give  them  in  full.  Ferrier,  in  his 
"  Caravan  Journeys  and  Wanderings"  says,  "On  the 
dome  over  these  tombs  is  an  inscription  of  which  the 
following  is  a  translation  : — 

"  On  Thursday  the  15  th  of  the  month  Adar,  in  the 
year  of  the  creation  of  the  world  4474,  the  building  of 
this  temple  over  the  tombs  of  Mordecai  and  Esther 
was  finished  by  the  hands  of  the  two  benevolent 
brothers,  Elias  and  Samuel,  sons  of  the  late  Ismael 
of  Kachan."  These  tombs  are  held  in  great  venera- 
tion, and  kept  in  a  perfect  state  of  repair  by  the  Jews 
of  Hamadan.  They  are  made  of  a  dark,  hard  wood, 
richly  carved,  and  covered  with  Hebrew  inscriptions, 
still  very  legible.  Sir  John  Malcolm  thus  translates 
another  inscription  : — "At  that  time,  there  was  in  the 
palace  of  Suza,  a  certain  Jew,  of  the  name  of  Mordecai ; 
he  was  the  son  of  Jair  of  Shimei,  who  was  the  son  of 
Kish,  a  Benjamite,  for  Mordecai  the  Jew  was  the  second 
of  that  name  under  the  King  Ahasuerus,  a  man  much 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


distinguished  among  the  Jews,  and  enjoying  great 
consideration  amongst  his  own  people,  anxious  for  their 
welfare,  and  seeking  to  promote  the  peace  of  all  Asia." 

Sir  Robert  K.  Porter,  the  distinguished  traveller, 
thus  translates  the  other  inscriptions  : — 

On  the  sarcophagus  of  Esther: — "I  praise  thee  0 
God,  that  thou  hast  created  me.  I  know  that  my  sins 
merit  punishment,  yet  I  hope  for  mercy  at  thy  hands  ; 
for,  whenever  I  call  upon  thee  thou  art  with  me  :  thy 
holy  presence  secures  me  from  all  evil.  My  heart  is  at 
ease,  and  my  fear  of  thee  increases.  My  life  became  at 
the  last,  through  thy  goodness,  full  of  peace.  0  God, 
shut  not  my  soul  out  from  thy  Divine  presence.  Those 
whom  thou  lovest  never  feel  the  torments  of  hell.  Lead 
me,  0  merciful  Father,  to  the  life  of  life,  that  I  may 
be  filled  with  the  heavenly  fruits  of  paradise  !  Esther." 

On  the  sarcophagus  of  Mordecai: — "  It  is  said  by 
David,  Preserve  me,  0  God  !  I  am  now  in  thy  presence. 
I  have  cried  at  the  gate  of  heaven,  that  thou  art  my 
God  ;  and  what  goodness  I  have  I  received  from  thee,  0 
Lord !  Those  whose  bodies  are  now  beneath  in  this 
earth,  when  animated  by  thy  mercy  were  great ;  and 
whatever  happiness  was  bestowed  upon  them  in  this 
world,  came  from  thee,  0  God  !  Their  grief  and  suffer- 
ings were  many,  but  they  became  happy  because  they 
always  called  upon  thy  holy  name  in  their  afflictions. 
Thou  liftedst  me  up,  and  I  became  powerful.  Thine 
enemies  sought  to  destroy  me  in  the  early  times  of  my 
life  ;  but  the  shadow  of  thine  hand  was  upon  me,  and 
covered   me   as   a   tent   from   their  wicked    purposes. 

MoilDECAI." 


PREFACE. 


An  Epitaph  was  inscribed  to  the  warriors  who  fell 
at  Potidsea,  432  e.g.,  the  original  of  which,  in  a  muti- 
lated state,  is  among  the  Elgin  marbles  in  the  British 
Museum. 

The  bones  of   the  illustrious  warriors  who  were 

killed  in  the  battle  of  Chseronea,  338  B.C.,  were  brought 

to  Athens  to  be  interred,  where,  on  a  monument  erected 

to  their  memories,  were  engraven  the  following  lines: — 

"  This  earth  entombs  those  victims  to  the  state 

Who  fell  a  glorious  sacrifice  to  zeal. 

Greece,  on  the  point  of  wearing  tyrant  chains, 

Did,  by  their  deaths  alone,  escape  the  yoke. 

This  Jupiter  decreed  :  no  effort,  mortals, 

Can  save  you  from  the  mighty  will  of  fate. 

To  gods  alone  belong  the  atribute 
Of  being  free  from  crimes,  with  never-ending  joy." 
This  battle  was  a  most  important  one,  inasmuch  as  it 
decided  the  fate  of  Greece  for  ever.  Philip,  with  no 
more  than  32,000  men,  gained  a  point  which  Persia, 
with  millions  of  men,  had  unsuccessfully  attempted 
three  times  before.  It  appears  that  the  Greeks  were 
not  ashamed  to  perpetuate  their  defeat,  the  cause 
of  which  they  did  not  ascribe  to  man,  but  to  Divine 
Providence,  who  "ruleth  in  the  kingdom  of  men,  and 
giveth  it  to  whomsoever  he  will." 

Plutarch  describes  a  sepulchral  monument  which 
was  raised  by  Alexander  over  the  grave  of  Demaratus. 
After  the  king  had  performed  his  funeral  obsequies, 
"  The  army  threw  up  for  him  a  monument  of  earth  of 
great  extent,  and  fourscore  cubits  high." 

Another  epitaph  is  worthy  of  our  attention,  as  it 


EPITAPHS.  ETC. 


was  partly  in  consequence  of  the  intention  to  inscribe 
it.  which  saved  Aeamania,  211  b.c  AYhen  the  ^Etolians 
invaded  that  province,  the  gallant  Acarnanians  had  sent 
their  wives,  children,  and  old  men,  who  were  upwards 
of  threescore,  into  Epirus ;  all  those  who  remained, 
from  the  age  of  15  to  60  years,  engaged  themselves  by 
a  solemn  oath  never  to  return  unless  victorious,  and 
only  desired  the  Epirots  to  bury,  in  the  same  grave,  all 
who  should  fall  in  the  battle,  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion over  them  : — "  Here  lie  the  Acarnanians,  who  died 
fighting  for  their  country,  against  the  violence  and  in- 
justice of  the  ^Etolians."  Such  resolution,  however, 
terrified  the  ^Etolians,  who  retired  without  venturing  a 
battle.  Alany  other  monumental  inscriptions  of  great 
antiquity  are  given  in  the  pages  of  the  present  work, 
from  which  we  may  see  that  they  were  viewed  by  the 
ancients  with  more  than  common  attention,  and  are 
consequently  -worthy  of   our  particular  regard. 

The  Phoenicians  and  Egyptians  used  stones  with 
hieroglyphic al  figures  engravtn  upon  them.  The  Lace- 
daemonians allowed  epitaphs  to  those  only  who  were 
killed  in  battle,  and  to  women  who  devoted  them- 
selves to  a  religious  life.  The  Romans  used  only 
a  single  epithet  to  commemorate  the  victories  gained  by 
their  emperors,  as  Caesar  German icus.  According  to 
Air.  Knight,  the  earliest  epitaphs  of  this  country  were 
those  of  the  Eomans,  or  Romanized  Britons,  which 
usually  begin  with  D.AI.  ( Diis  ATanibus},  followed  by 
the  name,  office,  and  age  of  the  deceased,  and  a  conclu- 
sion which  informed  the  reader,  by  whom,  and  through 
what  means  the  inscription  was  raised.  "Whether  the 
Saxons   or   the  Danes   used    monumental    inscriptions 


XII 


PREFACE. 


among  us,  has  been  doubted,  but  that  they  were  in 
regular  use  soon  after  the  Norman  Conquest,  is  indis- 
putable, numerous  examples  of  which  exist  from  that 
time  to  the  present.  Epitaphs  have  long  since  become 
very  common,  and  have  thus,  in  a  great  measure, 
defeated  the  object  for  which  they  were  originally 
intended,  by  inscribing  the  monuments  with  exaggerated 
and  offensive  compliments  which  were  never  merited, 
nor  given  during  the  life-time  of  the  persons  whose 
memories  they  wish  to  perpetuate.  Praise,  for  virtues 
and  excellencies  never  possessed,  is  culpable  imposition 
on  the  credulity  of  strangers;  the  reading" of  which, 
by  those  who  were  acquainted  with  the  deceased,  is 
calculated  to  counteract  that  solemnity  which  medita- 
tion among  the  tombs  produces.  A  celebrated  author 
once  said,  "  Some  monuments  are  covered  with  such 
extraordinary  epitaphs,  that  if  it  were  possible  for  the 
dead  person  to  become  acquainted  with  them,  he  would 
blush  at  the  praises  which  his  friends  have  bestowed 
upon  him.  There  are  others  so  excessively  modest  that 
they  deliver  the  character  of  the  person  departed  in 
Greek  or  Hebrew,  and  by  that  means  are  not  under- 
stood once  a  twelvemonth."  It  is  said  that  the 
Italian  epitaphs  are  often  more  extravagant  than  those 
of  other  countries,  as  the  nation  is  more  given  to  com- 
pliment and  hyperbole.  In  St.  George's  church,  at 
Verona,  is  a  monument  erected  by  the  public,  to  one  of 
their  Bishops :  the  inscription  says,  that  there  was  be- 
tween him  and  his  Maker,  "Summa  necessitudo,  Summa 
similitude." 

Our   Christian   epitaphs   often    begin   with    Siste 
viator,  probably  in    imitation  of  old  Eoman    inscrip- 


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tions,  that  generally  addressed  themselves  to  travellers. 
It  was  impossible  for  them  to  enter  the  city,  or  to  go 
out  of  it,  without  passing  through  one  of  these  melan- 
choly roads,  which  for  a  great  length  was  nothing- 
else  but  a  street  of  funeral  monuments.  The  ancient 
Romans  generally  buried  their  dead  near  the  great 
roads,  none  but  those  of  a  very  extraordinary  quality 
being  allowed  to  be  interred  within  the  walls  of  the 
city. 

The  Turks  usually  set  up  a  stone  at  each  end  of 
the  grave,  on  which  are  inscribed  texts  of  the  Alcoran, 
or  some  prayer.  On  that  which  is  placed  at  the  head, 
a  turban  is  generally  carved  in  relief,  which  denotes  the 
quality  of  the  deceased,  and  in  some  measure  corres- 
ponds with  the  inscription  of  coats  of  arms  on  the 
tombs  or  gravestones  of  this  country.  The  ordinary 
gravestones  are  held  so  sacred,  that  they  are  never 
removed  on  any  account,  but  are  preserved  with  infi- 
nitely more  care  than  in  most  Christian  countries. 

Armenian  tombstones,  as  well  as  those  in  Switzer- 
land, are  ornamented  with  emblems  of  the  trade  or 
calling  of  him  whose  ashes  repose  beneath.  Goldsmith 
found  in  "Westminster  Abbey  many  new  monuments 
raised  to  the  memory  of  several  great  men,  whose 
names  he  forgot,  but  he  remembered  that  Eoubilliac 
was  the  statuary  who  carved  them  :  he  says  "  I  could 
not  help  smiling,  at  the  two  modern  epitaphs  in  partic- 
ular, one  of  which  praised  the  deceased  for  being 
descended  from  an  illustrious  house;  the  other  commended 
the  dead,  because  he  had  propped  up  an  old  house  that 
was  falling.     Alas !  alas  !  cried  I,  such  monuments  as 


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these  confer  honour,  not  upon  the  great  men,  but  upon 
little  Boubilliac."  With  regard  to  the  rules  to  be 
observed  in  composing  an  epitaph,  many  opinions  have 
been  given,  but  it  is  well  known  that  they  were 
intended  to  benefit  the  reader,  and  to  incite  in  him  an 
imitation  of  the  virtues  and  excellencies  of  the  dead ; 
they  may  also  properly  be  regarded  as  sources  of  infor- 
mation, and  admonition.  Addison  says,  "When  I 
properly  look  upon  the  tombs  of  the  great,  every 
emotion  of  envy  dies  within  me, — when  I  read  the 
epitaphs  of  the  beautiful,  every  inordinate  desire  goes 
out, — when  I  see  the  grief  of  parents  for  children,  my 
heart  melts  with  compassion, — and  yet,  when  after 
wards  I  have  beheld  the  tombs  of  the  parents  them- 
selves, I  see  the  vanity  of  grieving  for  those  that  we 
must  follow, — when  I  see  kings  lying,  perhaps,  by 
those  who  deposed  them, — when  I  consider  rivals  who 
are  placed  side  by  side,  or  the  great  men  who  divided 
the  world  with  their  contests  and  disputes,  in  the  same 
situation,  I  reflect  with  sorrow  and  astonishment  on  the 
little  competitions,  factions,  and  debates  of  mankind, — 
and  finally,  when  I  read  the  several  dates  on  the  tombs 
of  some  who  died  recently,  and  some  who  died  many 
ages  ago,  I  consider  that  great  day,  when  we  shall  be 
all  cotemporaries,  and  make  our  appearance  together." 

Ceomfoed, 

December  10th,  1856. 


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ERRATA. 


For  page  57  read  73 

For  Oakham  p.  87  read  Ockham" 

For  accidently  p.  101  rd.  accidentally 

For  Blakeruore  p.  172  rd.  Blakemer'e 

For  Ms,  line  10  p.  232  rd.  this 

For  Bewdly  p.  250  read  Bewdley 

For  our,  line  20  p.  263  rd.  her 

For  1662  p.  270  rd.  1626 

For  Stow  pages  293  and  307  rd  Stowe 


For  Flitten  p.  341  read  Flitton 
For  Wexham  p.  355  read  Wrexham 
For  Elrington  p.  361  readEbrinston 
For  Bristol  p.  484  read  BirstaH 
For  Ercol  p,  490  read  Ercall 
Omit  the  word  ''which"  in  the  epi- 
taph on  Miss  Burdett,  p.  369 
For  Clumleigh  p.  470  rd.  Chumleigh 
For  >"ear,  line  23  p.  497,  read  Ne'er 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


SOVEREIGNS. 


Sardanapaltts,  the  last  king  of  the  Assyrians,  who 
died  820  B.C.,  surpassed  all  his  predecessors  in  effemi- 
nacy, luxury,  and  cowardice.  He  never  went  out  of 
his  palace,  but  spent  all  his  time  among  a  company  of 
women,  dressed  and  painted  like  them,  and  employed 
like  them  at  the  distaff.  He  placed  all  his  happiness 
and  glory  in  the  possession  of  immense  treasures,  in 
feasting  and  rioting,  and  indulging  himself  in  all  the 
most  infamous  and  criminal  pleasures.  He  ordered 
two  verses  to  he  put  upon  his  tomb,  which  imported, 
"  that  he  carried  away  with  him  all  that  he  had  eaten, 
and  all  the  pleasures  he  had  enjoyed,  but  left  all  the  rest 
behind  him."  "  An  Epitaph,"  says  Aristotle,  "fit  for 
a  hog." 

After  the  death  of  Sardanapalus,  a  statue  was  erected 
to  him  which  represented  him  in  the  posture  of  a  dancer, 
with  an  inscription  upon  it,  in  which  he  addressed 
himself  to  the  spectators  in  these  words,  "  Eat,  drink, 
and  be  merry;  everything  else  is  nothing :"  an  inscrip- 
tion very  suitable  to  the  above  epitaph  he  himself  had 
ordered  to  be  put  upon  his  monument. — Anct.  Hist. 


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EPITAPHS 


Xitocris,  the  wife  of  Evil-Merodach,  and  mother  of 
Belshazzar  'Dan.  v.),  is  that  queen  who  raised  so  many 
noble  edifices  in  Babylon.  She  caused  her  own  monu- 
ment to  be  placed  over  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
gates  of  the  city,  with  an  inscription  dissuading  her 
successors  from  touching  the  treasures  laid  up  in  it, 
without  the  most  urgent  and  indispensable  necessity. 
The  tomb  remained  closed  till  the  reign  of  Darius,  who, 
upon  breaking  it  open,  instead  of  those  immense  treasures 
he  had  flattered  himself  with  discovering,  found  nothing 
but  the  following  inscription  : — " If  thou  hadst  not  an 
insatiable  thirst  after  money,  and.  a  most  sordid  avaricious 
soul,  thou  wouldst  never  have  broken  open  the  monuments 
of  the  dead." 


MArsoirs,  king  of  Caria,  died  about  six  centuries 
b.c.  Artemisia,  his  widow,  gathered  his  ashes,  and 
caused  the  bones  to  be  beaten  in  a  mortar ;  she  mingled 
some  of  the  powder  every  day  in  her  drink,  till  she  had 
drunk  it  all  off ;  desiring,  by  that  means,  to  make  her 
own  body  the  sepulchre  of  her  husband.  She  survived 
him  only  two  years,  and  her  grief  did  not  end  but  with 
her  life. — Ancient  History. 


Cyexs.  king  of  Persia,  died  529  B.C.,  and  ordered  the 
following  inscription  to  be  engraven  on  his  tomb,  as  an 
admonition  to  all  men  of  the  approach  of  death,  "0 
man,  whosoever  thou  art,  and  whencesoever  thou  comest, 
know  that  thou  wilt  come  to  the  same  condition  that  I 
am  now  in.  I  am  Cyrus,  who  brought  the  empire  to 
the  Persians.  Do  not  envy  me,  I  beseech  thee,  this 
little  piece  of  ground  which  covereth  my  body." 


Dapjts  I.,   king  of  Persia,   son  of  Hystaspes,   when 
dying,  desired  to  have  the  following  epitaph  engraved 


SOVEREIGNS,  ETC. 


on  his  tomb  : — "  Here  lies  King  Darius,  who  was  able 
to  drink  many  bottles  of  wine  without  staggering." 
He  died  485  b.c. 


An  Extraordinary  Phoenician  Inscription  :— 

It  was  recently  announced  that  the  French  had 
obtained  possession  of  a  very  curious  sarcophagus  of  a 
king,  at  Beyrouth,  bearing  a  very  extraordinary  inscrip- 
tion in  Phoenician,  and  that  it  was  to  be  forwarded  to 
the  Louvre,  at  Paris.  The  duke  of  Luynes  has  made 
the  following  translation  of  the  inscription: — ''In  the 
month  of  Bui,  in  the  fourteenth  year  of  my  reign,  I, 
Ezman  Azar,  king  of  the  Sidonians,  son  of  Tebunad, 
also  king  of  the  Sidonians,  son  of  Amestris,  my  mother, 
high-priestess  of  Esther  (Star  of  Venus),  at  Babylon, 
spoke  thus. — In  the  flower  of  my  youth,  in  the  midst 
of  my  wives,  perfumed  and  *  *  *  ( illegible )  I  was 
carried  off  by  death.  From  the  funeral  vault  in  which 
my  bones  repose,  and  which  I  have  built  myself,  I 
adjure  all  dynasties,  all  generations,  and  every  man,  not 
to  violate  the  asylum  of  my  repose,  not  to  open  my 
coffin,  not  to  place  any  weight  on  its  lid,  not  to  take 
any  of  the  offerings  there  deposited.  *  *  *  By  the 
side  of  me  is  also  the  tomb  of  Amestris,  my  mother, 
high-priestess  of  iEstarte,  at  Babylon,  who  caused  to  be 
built  the  Temple  of  Baal,  at  Babylon ;  and  also  of 
Elnaca,  who  made  magnificent  presents  to  the  temple 
of  Dan.  *  *  *  I  devote  to  malediction  any  dynasty, 
any  generation,  or  any  man,  who  may  violate  my  tomb, 
or  who  may  take  off  the  lid  of  it,  or  touch  the  offerings 
deposited  there.  May  his  marriage  bed  be  sterile,  may 
my  malediction  fall  on  his  family  for  ever,  through  all 
his  posterity  !  May  they  be  extirpated  from  the  earth, 
and  may  it  not  be  permitted  to  him  to  bury  his  mother  ! 
for  I,  Ezman  Azar,  king  of  the  Sidonians,  son  of  Tebu- 
nad, king  of  the  Sidonians,  son  of  Amestris,  my  mother, 
high-priestess  of  Esther,  at  Babylon."  *  *  *  The 
rest  of  the  inscription  cannot  be  made  out.  —  News- 
papers, 1855. 


On  Alexander  the  Great  : — 
Sufficit  huic  tumulus,  cui  non  sufficeret  orbis." 


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Chaele^iagne  died  a.d.  814,  in  his  74th  year,  and 
lies  buried  in  the  cathedral  at  Aix-la-chapelle  ;  the  spot 
being  marked  by  a  simple  inscription  on  the  pavement : 
— "  Carolo  Magno." 


Fasteada,  the  queen  of  Charlemagne,  died  a.d.  794, 
and  was  buried  in  a  church,  now  destroyed.  A  monu- 
ment to  her  memory  is  in  Mayence  cathedral.  The 
inscription  on  the  stone  which  covered  her  remains  has 
been  translated  literally  in  the  Illustrated  London 
News,  by  a  correspondent,  and  is  as  follows  : — 

"  Fastradana  the  pious,  called  the  wife  of  Charles, 
Beloved  by  Christ,  lies  under  this  marble, 
In  the  year  seven  hundred  and  ninety-four, 
Which  words  the  muse  does  not  permit  to  include 

the  number  in  metre. 
0  Pius  King,  whom  the  Virgin  bore, 
Altho'  she  is  here  turning  into  ashes, 
May  her  spirit  be  heir  of  that  country  which  knows 

no  sorrow." 


In  the  cathedral  church  of  Magdeburg,  is  still  to  be 
seen  the  tomb  of  Otho  the  Great,  emperor  of  Germany, 
who  died  972 — 3,  aged  60,  with  an  inscription  upon  it 
to  the  following  effect : — 

"  Beneath  this  marble  tomb  a  monarch  lies, 

Whose  loss  a  three-fold  share  of  grief  must  claim  ; 
Religion's  friend — a  ruler  brave  and  wise — 
His  weeping  country's  highest  joy  and  fame." 

Readings  in  Biography. 


On  the  tomb  of  Hekry  II.,  at  Fontevraud,  who  died 
a.d.  1189:— 

"Rex  Henri cus  eram,  mihi  plurima  Regna  subegi. 
Multiplicique  modo,  Duxque  Comesque  fui 


SOVEREIGNS,  ETC. 


Cui  satis  ad  votum  non  essent  omnia  terrae 
Chinata  terra  modo,  sufficit  octo  pedum. 

Qui  legis  haec,  pensa  discrimina  mortis,  et  in  me 
Humanae  speculum  conditionis  habe. 

Sufficit  hie  Tumulus,  cui  non  sufficeret  orbis, 

Res  brevisampla mini,  cui  fuit  ampla  brevis." '-Mirror. 


On  King  John,  in  Worcester  Cathedral : — 

John  died  at  Newark,  Oct.  19,  1216.  In  his  will  he 
directed  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Church  of  St.  Mary 
and  St.  Wulstan,  in  the  cathedral  of  Worcester;  over 
his  head  being  placed  a  monk's  cowl,  as  a  cover  for  all  his 
sins  and  a  passport  to  heaven.  The  effigy  of  king  John 
sculptured  in  grey  marble,  which  forms  the  superstruc- 
ture of  his  present  tomb,  was  originally  the  lid  of  the 
stone  coffin  that  contained  his  remains;  and  its  first 
position  must  have  been  upon  the  floor  of  the  building 
within  which  he  was  interred.  His  head  is  adorned 
with  a  crown  of  state,  and  supported  by  two  bishops, 
undoubtedly  intended  for  Oswald  and  Wulstan.  He  is 
represented  as  wearing  a  dalmatic  of  crimson,  lined 
with  green,  the  neck  and  cuffs  edged  with  gold  and 
jewelled  border ;  his  tunic  is  yellow  ;  he  is  girt  with  a 
belt;  on  his  hands  are  jewelled  gloves,  and  a  ring  is  on 
the  middle  finger  of  his  right  hand,  which  supports  a 
sceptre,  while  his  left  grasps  a  sword.  He  wears  red 
hose,  black  shoes,  and  golden  spurs  ;  and  his  feet  rest 
upon  a  lion.  On  July  17th,  1797,  the  tomb  of  king 
John  was  opened,  and  the  state  of  the  king's  relics 
showed  that  they  had  been  disturbed,  and  seemed  to 
favour  the  conjecture  of  their  having  been  translated 
from  the  lady  chapel,  in  the  cathedral,  into  the  choir, 
most  probably  about  the  time  of  Henry  VII.,  as  the 
altar  tomb,  on  which  the  coffin  lid  lies,  resembles  the 
monument  of  prince  Arthur  in  the  same  church,  and 
brick  was  much  employed  in  architecture  about  that 
period. — The  following  is  given  as  John's  epitaph  : — 

"  Hoc  in  sarcophago  sepelitur  Regis  imago, 
Qui  moriens  multum  sedavit  in  orbe  tumultum, 
Et  cui  connexa  dum  vixit  probra  manetu  run,  bant 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Hunc  mala  post  mortem  timor  est  ne  fata  sequantur. 
Qui  legis  haec  metuens  dum  cernis  te  mori — 
Discite  quid  rerum  pariat  tibi  meta  dicrum." 

From  various  sources. 


Translation  of  the  Latin  inscription  on  the  tomb  of 
Edward  I.  and  his  Father,  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

"  Here  lies  Edward  I.,  the  hammer  of  the  Scottish 
nation:" — 

"  Death  is  too  doleful  which  doth  join 
The  highest  state  full  low : 
Which  couplest  greatest  Things  with  least, 
And  last  with  first  also. 

No  man  hath  been  in  World  alive, 

Nor  any  may  there  be, 
Which  can  escape  the  Dint  of  Death, 

Needs  hence  depart  must  We. 

0  Noble  and  Victorious  Man, 

Trust  not  unto  thy  Strength ; 
Eor  all  are  subject  unto  Death, 

And  all  must  hence  at  length. 

Most  cruel  Fate  from  Worldly  Stage 

Hath  wrest  a  worthy  Wight, 
For  whom  all  England  mourned  aloud 

To  see  his  doleful  Plight. 

Edward  is  Dead,  which  was  adorn'd 

With  divers  Graces  here ; 
A  King,  on  fragrant  Nardus  Height, 

A  gracious,  Princely  Peer. 

In  Heart,  the  which  was  Lybard  like, 

Right  puissant,  void  of  Fear, 
Most  slow  to  Strife,  discreet  and  wise, 

And  gracious  every  where. 

In  Arms,  a  Giant  fierce,  and  fell, 

Attempting  famous  Facts ; 
Most  prudent,  did  subdue  the  Proud 

By  Feat  of  Martial  Acts. 


SOVEREIGNS    ETC. 


In  Flanders  Fortune  gave  to  him 

By  Lot  right  good  Success  : 
In  Wales  he  wan,  the  Scottish  Row 

With  Arms  he  did  suppress. 

This  King,  without  his  like  alive, 

Did  firmly  guide  his  Land, 
And  what  good  Nature  could  conceive, 

He  had  it  plight  at  Hand. 

He  was  in  Justice  and  in  Peace, 

Excelling  :  Laws  took  place, 
Desire  to  chase  all  wicked  Works, 

Did  hold  this  King's  good  Grace. 

He  now  doth  lie  entombed  here, 
Which  furthered  each  good  Thing ; 

JSTow  naught  he  is  but  Dust  and  Bones, 
Which  was  a  worthy  King. 

The  very  Son  of  God,  whom  erst 
This  King  did  love  right  dear, 

Hath  given  to  him  Immortal  Bliss 
For  his  good  living  here. 

Whilst  liv'd  this  King,  by  him  all  Things 
Were  in  most  goodly  Plight : 

Fraud  lay  hid,  great  Peace  was  kept, 
And  Honesty  had  Might." 


On   Charles  VII. ,  king   of   France,   surnamed   the 
Victorious,  and  died  in  1461  : — 

"  Jadis  fu  ne  en  maison  triomphant 
Moult  me  grieva  fortune,  jeune  enfant, 
Mais  trop  plus  fort  pour  un  temps  de  mon  regne 
Et  depuis,  Dieu  me  fit  roy  si  puissant. 
Que  je  chassay  le  leopart  ravissant ; 
Et  si  conquis  Normandie  et  Guienne. 
Mais  pour  monstrer  que  gloire  terrienne 
Passe  legier,  la  couronne  ancienne 
Laisse  aujourd'hui,  par  un  doulx  desarroy, 
Au  propre  lieu  ou  je  pris  nom  de  roy." 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


On  Mohammed  II.,  emperor  of  Turkey.  (By  himself.) 
He  reigned  30  years,  and  died  in  1481,  aged  51  year3, 
whilst  on  an  expedition  against  Persia.  During  his 
thirty  years'  reign,  he  had  conquered  12  kingdoms  and 
upwards  of  200  cities.  On  his  tomb  he  ordered  the 
words  to  be  affixed, — "I  would  have  taken  Rhodes  and 
conquered  Italy ." — Partington's  Cyc.  of  Biog. 


Translation  of  the  Latin  inscription  on  the  tomb  of 
Edward  V.  and  his  brother  Richard,  duke  of  York 
( who  were  murdered  in  the  tower,  a.d.  1483  ),  in 
Henry  the  Seventh's  chapel,  Westminster  Abbey  : — 

"Here  lie  the  reliques  of  Edward  V.,  King  of  England, 
and  Richard,  Duke  of  York,  who  being  confined  in  the 
Tower  of  London,  and  there  stifled  with  pillows,  were 
privately  and  meanly  buried  by  order  of  their  perfidious 
Uncle  Richard,  the  Usurper :  their  bones,  long  inquired 
after  and  wished  for,  after  laying  191  years  in  the  rub- 
bish of  the  stairs  ( i.e.  those  lately  leading  to  the 
Chapel  of  the  White  Tower),  were,  on  the  1 7th  of  July, 
1674,  by  undoubted  proofs,  discovered;  being  buried 
deep  in  that  place.  Charles  II.  pitying  their  unhappy 
fate,  ordered  these  unfortunate  Princes  to  be  laid 
amongst  the  reliques  of  their  predecessors,  in  the  year 
1679,  and  the  30th  of  his  reign." 


Edward  VI.  died  July  6th,  1553,  in  his  16th  year, 
and  was  buried  in  Henry  Seventh's  chapel,  Westminster 
Abbey.  An  epitaph  was  written  in  Latin  for  him  by 
Hierome  Cardan,  and  recited  by  Henry  Holland  in  his 
Herologia  Anglica.     It  is  thus  rendered  in  English  :  — 

"  Let  the  whole  world  their  common  loss  deplore, 
For  Edward  dies,  and  glory  is  no  more. 
He  was  the  good  man's  hope,  youth's  brightest  flower, 
Joy  of  the  age,  and  pride  of  the  sovereign  power ; 
For  him  Apollo  and  Minerva  moan 
Their  blooming  hope,  ultimately  dead  and  gone. 


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/  Whilst  these  last  gifts,  the  weeping  Nine  bestow, 

]  Melpomene  laments  in  strains  of  woe, 

(  And  hails  thee  fleeting  to  the  shades  below." 


On  Margaret  of  Austria.     (By  herself.) 

Margaret  was  affianced  to  Charles  VIII.  of  France, 
but  Charles  having  married  Anna,  heiress  of  Brittany, 
she  was  sent  back  to  her  father's  court,  and  was  married 
to  John,  infant  of  Spain,  in  1497.  On  the  voyage  to 
Spain  a  terrible  storm  threatened  the  destruction  of  the 
ship.  In  the  midst  of  the  danger,  while  the  rest  of  the 
company  were  at  their  prayers,  she  is  said  to  have  com- 
posed her  epitaph  in  the  following  words  : — 

"  Cy-glt  Margot,  la  gente  demoiselle, 
Deux  fois  mariee  et  morte  pucelle." 

She  arrived  in  safety,  but  on  the  4th  of  October,  1497, 
the  infant  died.  She  afterwards  married  the  duke  of 
Savoy,  and  diedA.D.  1530,  aged  50  years. —  Cyc.  of  Biog. 


In  the  old  church  of  St.  Clement,  Eastcheap,  was 
the  following  epitaph  on  queen  Elizabeth,  who  died 
a.d.  1603  :— 

"  Spain's  rod,  Rome's  ruin, 
Netherlands  relief, 
Heaven's  gem,  Earth's  joy, 

World's  wonder,  Nature's  chief, 
Britain's  blessing,    England's  splendour, 
Religion's  nurse,  the  Eaith's  defender." 


The  tomb  of  Mary  de  Medicts,  widow  of  Henry  IV., 
king  of  Erance.  A  writer  in  The  Mirror  for  1842 
says,  "  On  leaving  the  cathedral  of  Cologne,  something 
pierced  the  sole  of  my  boot.  I  looked  downwards,  and 
found  that  it  was   a  large   nail,   projecting  from  the 


EPITAPHS.  ETC. 


square  of  black  marble  upon  which  I  was  walking. 
After  examining  the  stone,  I  remembered  that  Mary  de 
Medicis  had  desired  that  her  heart  should  be  placed 
under  the  pavement  of  the  cathedral  of  Cologne. 
Formerly  a  bronze  or  brass  plate,  with  an  inscription, 
covered  it,  but  when  the  French  occupied  Cologne,  some 
revolutionist,  or  perhaps  a  rapacious  brazier,  seized  it, 
as  had  been  done  to  many  others ;  for  a  host  of  brass 
nails,  projecting  from  the  marble,  bespeak  depredations 
of  a  similar  character.  Alas,  poor  Queen  !  she  first  saw 
herself  effaced  from  the  heart  of  Louis  XIII. ,  her  son, 
then  from  the  remembrance  of  Richelieu,  her  creature, 
and  now  she  is  effaced  from  the  earth." 


Monument  to  Gtjstavtjs  Adolphtts  : — 

Gustavus  Adolphus,  king  of  Sweden,  was  killed  at 
the  battle  of  Lutzen.  There  are  four  columns  raised 
over  the  place  where  he  fell.  A  frieze,  reaching  from 
column  to  column,  bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

(That  in  front.) 
"Here  fell  Gustavus  Adolphus,  on  the  6th  of  Novem- 
ber,  1632." 
( That  on  the  right  side.) 
"  He  fought  the  battle  of  the  Lord."     (  Altered  from 
the    1    Sam.,    xxv,     28.) 
(  On  the  hinder  side.) 
"God   hath  not  given  us  the  spirit  of  fear;  but  the 
spirit  of  power,  and  of  love,  and  of  a  sound  mind." 
(  On  the  left  side.) 
"  This  is  the  victory  that  overcometh  the  world,  even 
our  faith." — 1  John,  v,  4. 

The  whole  structure  has  a  pleasing,  and  indeed,  an 
imposing  effect.  It  has  been  raised  by  subscription 
throughout  Germany,  as  well  as  by  a  liberal  pecuniary 
contribution  from  the  king  of  Saxony,  and  the  town 
of  Lutzen. 


On  Chaeles  I. : — 


"  So  falls  that  stately  cedar;  while  it  stood 
That  was  the  only  glory  of  the  wood  ; 


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Great  Charles,  thou  earthly  god,  celestial  man, 

Whose  life,  like  others,  though  it  were  a  span, 

Yet  in  that  span,  was  comprehended  more 

Than  earth  hath  waters,  or  the  ocean  shore  ; 

Thy  heavenly  virtues,  angels  shall  rehearse, 

It  is  a  theme  too  high  for  human  verse  : 

He  that  would  know  thee  right,  then  let  him  look 

Upon  thy  rare — incomparable  book, 

And  read  it  o'er  ;  which  if  he  do, 

He'll  find  thee  King,  and  Pried,  and  Prophet  too ; 

And  sadly  see  our  loss,  and,  though  in  vain, 

With  fruitless  wishes  call  thee  back  again. 

Nor  shall  oblivion  sit  upon  thy  hearse, 

Though  there  were  neither  monument  nor  verse. 

Thy  suff  rings  and  thy  death  let  no  man  name ; 

It  was  thy  glory,  but  the  kingdom's 


For  Charles  II.     (By  the  Earl  of  Eochester.) 

"Here  lies  our  sovereign  lord  the  King, 
Whose  word  no  man  relies  on, 
Who  never  said  a  foolish  thing, 
And  never  did  a  wise  one."* 


In  the  South-east  corner  of  Hammersmith  church, 
near  the  pulpit,  is  a  monument  of  black  and  white 
marble,  eight  feet  in  height,  and  two  in  breadth,  erected 
by  Sir  Nicholas  Crispe,  in  honour  of  his  beloved  and 
unfortunate  master,  King  Charles  I.,  whose  bust  stands 
above.  Immediately  beneath  the  bust  is  this  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"This  effigy  was 

erected  by  the  special  appointment  of 

Sir   Nicholas   Crispe,  knight   and   baronet, 

as  a  grateful  commemoration  of  that 

glorious  martyr,  King  Charles 

the  first,  of  blessed 

memory.  " 

*  For  this  epitaph  Rochester  remained  some  time  in  disgrace. 
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Beneath  the  inscription  is  an  urn  :  it  was  placed 
there  by  his  direction,  to  remain  for  ever  in  humble 
testimony  of  that  devotion  of  which  it  was  so  long  the 
centre:  it  contains  the  old  mans  heart.  "Lay  my 
body,"  he  said,  "  lay  my  body  in  the  family  vault  -of 
St.  Mildred,  in  Bread-street,  but  let  my  heart  be  placed 
in  an  urn  at  my  master's  feet."  The  inscription  on  the 
pedestal  that  supports  the  urn  is  simple,  and  runs  thus : — 

"  ATithin  this  urn  is  entombed  the  heart  of  Sir  Nich- 
olas Ciispe,*  knight  and  baronet,  a  loyal  sharer  in  the 
sufferings  of  his  late  and  present  Majesty.  He  first 
settled  in  the  trade  of  gold  from  Guinea,  and  there  built 
the  castle  of  Cormantine.  Died  the  26th  of  February, 
1665,  aged  sixty-seven  years." 


In  the  parish  church  of  Landulph,  in  the  eastern 
extremity  of  Cornwall,  is  a  small  brass  tablet  fixed 
against  the  wall,  with  the  following  inscription  : — 


*  He  was  the  founder  of  Brandenburgh  house,  and  born  in  1593  :  brought 
up  in  trade,  he  increased  his  wealth  by  mairiage,  and  being  noticed  at 
Court  he  was  knighted,  and  became  one  of  the  farmers  of  the  King's 
Customs.  The  times  grew  stormy ;  Charles  the  I.,  whom  Sir  Nicholas 
loved  with  an  affection  more  than  loyal,  seeing  the  troubles  of  tbe  state, 
and  the  distress  of  his  royal  master  for  money,  raised  him,  upon  a  short 
notice,  the  sum  of  £200,000. 

The  Parliamentary  war  commencing,  and  calamities  increasing  by  sea 
and  land,  the  brave  merchant's  cool  head  and  high  character,  managed  a 
trade  which  produced  his  majesty  nearly  £100,000  a  year,  besides  keeping 
his  ships  ready  for  service. 

No  brief  summary  can  suffice  to  represent  fairly  his  princely  dignity  of 
character,  and  his  devotion  to  the  cause  of  the  King. 

He  was  trusted  with  the  supplies  of  arms,  and  with  a  knowledge  of  the 
most  important  secrets  of  the  state.  In  the  disguise  of  a  seller  of  fish,  or 
butter,  he  frequented  the  markets  to  pick  up  stray  intelligence.  Failing  in 
one  of  his  designs  he  boldly  threw  off  the  civic  gown  and  assumed  the 
sword  at  the  head  of  a  regiment  of  horse,  raised  at  his  own  expense,  and 
became  as  distinguished  a  soldier  as  he  had  been  a  merchant ;  and  -with 
the  rarest  bravery,  bore  himself  through  the  terrible  scenes  of  the  civil 
war.  The  Parliament,  incensed  by  his  vigorous  resistance,  and  devotion 
to  the  King,  ordered  him  from  the  royal  presence  ;  they  sold  his  house  in 
Bond-street,  and  made  him  contribute,  in  conjunction  with  Lord  Culpepper, 
£6000  a  year  towards  the  pension  of  the  Elector  Palatine. 

The  King's  cause  became  hopeless,  and  Sir  Nicholas  fled  from  the  country. 
When  in  exile,  his  private  misfortunes  were  turned  to  public  benefits,  for 
he  investigated  foreign  improvements,  and  turned  them  to  English  uses. 
On  his  return  he  again  plunged  into  traffic,  and  gold  poured  like  water 
into  the  channels  of  his  trade. 

He  improved  the  art  of  paper-making,  powder-making,  and  brick- 
making  ;  gave  £700  towards  the  building  of  Hammersmith  church,  besides 
beautifying  the  building  at  his  own  expense,  and  his  charities  to  the  poor 
■were  equal  to  his  bounties  in  other  directions.5' 


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"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Theodore  Paleologtjs,  of 
Pesaro,  in  Italye,  descended  from  the  Imperial  lyne  of 
the  last  Christian  Emperor  of  Greece,  being  the  sonne 
of  Camilio,  the  sonne  of  Prosper,  the  sonne  of  Theodoro, 
the  sonne  of  John,  the  sonne  of  Thomas  ;  second  brother 
of  Constantine  Paleologus,  the  eighth  of  the  name,  and 
last  of  that  lyne  that  rayned  in  Constantinople  until 
subdued  by  the  Turks ;  who  married  with  Mary,  the 
daughter  of  William  Balls,  of  Hadlye,  in  Souffolke,  gent, 
and  had  issue  5  children — Theodoro,  John,  Ferdinando, 
Maria,  and  Dorothy  ;  and  departed  this  life  at  Clyfton, 
the  21st  of  January,  1636." 

Above  the  inscription  are  the  imperial  arms  proper  of 
the  empire  of  Greece — an  eagle  displayed  with  two 
heads,  the  two  legs  resting  upon  two  gates ;  the  impe- 
rial crown  over  the  whole  ;  and  between  the  gates  a 
crescent  for  difference  as  second  son. — The  Booh  of  Table 
Talk. 


On  the  Tomb  of  James  II : — 

In  his  last  moments  he  wished  that  his  heart  should 
be  carried  to  the  monks  of  the  Visitation  de  Chaillot, 
that  his  body  should  be  buried  in  the  parish  church, 
without  any  other  ceremony  than  would  be  used  for  a 
private  gentleman ;  and  wished  that  there  should  be  no 
inscription  on  his  tomb  but  these  four  words — "Sic 
jacet  Jacobus  II.  "  He  had  this  so  much  at  heart  that 
he  often  mentioned  it,  and  he  charged  the  cure  of 
Saint  Germain  to  ask  it,  in  his  behalf,  of  the  king  of 
France.  But  Louis  XIV.,  judged  it  more  fitting  that 
his  body  should  be  carried  to  Paris,  and  placed  in  the 
church  of  the  English  Benedictines;  which  was  accor- 
dingly done,  and  the  following  inscription  was  after- 
wards engraven  on  his  tomb  : — 


C'est  ici  que  Jaques  second, 
Sans  ministres  et  sans  maitresse, 
Le  matin  allait  a  la  messe, 
Et  le  soir  allait  au  sermon." 


From  various  sources. 
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On  King  William  III.,  of  Glorious  Memory,   who 
died  March  8,  1701.     (By  Dr.  Isaac  Watts.) 

"  Beneath  these  honours  of  a  tomb 
Greatness  in  humble  ruin  lies  : 
(How  earth  confines  in  narrow  room 
What  heroes  leave  beneath  the  skies !  ) 

Preserve,  0  venerable  Pile, 

Inviolate  thy  sacred  trust, 
To  thy  cold  arms  thy  British  Isle, 

Weeping,  commits  her  richest  dust. 

Ye  gentlest  ministers  of  Fate, 

Attend  the  monarch  as  he  lies, 
And  bid  the  softest  Slumbers  wait 

With  silken  cords  to  bind  his  eyes. 

Rest  his  dear  Sword  beneath  his  head : 
Round  him  his  faithful  Arms  shall  stand  ; 

Fix  his  bright  Ensign  on  his  bed, 
The  guards  and  honours  of  our  land. 

Ye  sister  Arts  of  Paint  and  Yerse 

Place  Albion  fainting  by  his  side ; 
Her  groans  arising  o'er  the  hearse, 

And  Belgia  sinking  when  he  died. 

High  o'er  the  grave  Religion  set 

In  solid  gold  ;  pronounce  the  ground 

Sacred  to  bar  unhallow'd  feet, 

And  plant  her  guardian  Virtues  round. 

Fair  Liberty,  in  sables  dress' d, 

Write  his  lov'd  name  upon  his  urn, 

1  William, — the  scourge  of  tyrants  past, 
And  awe  of  princes  yet  unborn.' 

Sweet  Peace,  his  sacred  relics  keep, 
With  olives  blooming  round  his  head, 

And  stretch  her  wings  across  the  deep 
To  bless  the  nations  with  the  shade. 

Stand  on  the  pile,  immortal  Fame, 
Broad  stars  adorn  the  brightest  robe, 

Thy  thousand  voices  sound  his  name 
In  silver  accents  round  the  globe. 


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Flattery  shall  faint  beneath  the  sound, 
While  hoary  Truth  inspires  the  song ; 

Envy  grow  pale  and  bite  the  ground, 
And  Slander  gnaw  his  forky  tongue. 

Night  and  the  Grave  remove  your  gloom  ; 

Darkness  becomes  the  vulgar  dead ; 
But  Glory  bids  the  royal  tomb, 

Disdain  the  horrors  of  the  shade. 

Glory,  with  all  her  lamps  shall  burn, 
And  watch  the  warrior's  sleeping  clay, 

Till  the  last  trumpet  rouse  his  urn 
To  aid  the  triumphs  of  the  day." 


On  Theodore  Anthony  I.,  king  of  Corsica : — 

In  the  cemetery  behind  St.  Ann's  church,  London,  is 
interred  Theodore,  the  unfortunate  king  of  Corsica,  who, 
having  been  compelled  to  fly  his  kingdom,  was  confined 
for  debt  in  the  king's  bench,  but  obtained  his  release 
through  the  interference  of  Horace  Walpole,  when  he 
made  over  the  kingdom  of  Corsica,  for  the  benefit  of  his 
creditors.  He  died  Dec.  11th,  1756,  and  would  have 
been  buried  as  a  parish  pauper  but  for  the  kindness  of 
John  Wright,  an  oilman,  who  declared  that  for  once  he 
would  bear  the  funeral  expenses  of  a  king,  which  he 
accordingly  did.  In  1757,  Lord  Orford  erected  a  marble 
monument  to  his  memory,  in  the  above  churchyard, 
with  the  following  inscription  upon  it : — 

"Near  this  place  is  interred 

Theodore,*1  King  of  Corsica, 

Who  died  in  this  parish,  December  11,  1756, 

immediately  after  leaving  the 

King's  Bench  Prison, 

by  the  benefit  of  the  act  of  Insolvency ; 

in   consequence    of  which 

He  registered  his  kingdom  of  Corsica,  for  the  use  of 

his  creditors. 


*  Theodore  had  a  son,  known  by  the  name  of  Colonel  Frederic,  who, 
after  following  his  father  into  England,  entered  into  the  army  in  foreign 
service  ;  but  he  appears  to  have  been  disappointed  in  his  hopes  of  rising 


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The  grave,  great  teacher  ;  to  a  level  b: 
Her<x -o  .  and  kings, 

rhis  moral  learn' d  ere  dead, — 
-  »n  on  his  living  h : 
-'d  a  kingdom,  and  denied  him  bread." 


Tomb  of  the  Qrrzx  or  Pr.rssiA: — 

"  This  tomb  is  in  the  garden  of  Charlottenburgh,  near 
Berlin  :  it  was  not  without  surprise  that  I  came   sud- 
denly, among  n  a  fair  white  Doric  temple.     I 
have  deemed  it  a  mere  adornment  of 
s  -  and  the  willow  declared  it 
a  habitation  of  the  dead.     Upon  a  sarcophagus  of  white 
marble  lay  a  sheet,  and  the  outline  of  the  human  form 
was  plainly  visible  beneath  its  folds.     The  person  with 
me  reverently  turned  it  back,  and  displayed  the  statue 
of  his                  It  is  a  portrait  statue  recumbent,  said  to 
be  a                          iblance — not  as  in  death,  but  when 
she  lived  to  bless  and  be  blessed.     Nothing  can  be  more 
calm  and  kind  than  thv  ires :   the 
:  folded  on  the  bosom  :  the  limbs  are  sufficiently 
-    of  life.     Here   the   king 
brings  her  children  annually  to  offer  garlands  at  her 
—  S)             Ni  tes    and                .  :s    daring    a 
rambl.                   iny. 


On  Quxe>-  Caeolizte  : — 


In  queen  Caroline's  will,   she  directed  that  her  body 
dd  be  btuied  by  th  her  lather  and  brother, 

at  Brunswick,  and  that  the  following  inscription  should 
be  engraven  on  her  tombstone  : — 


or  acquiring  cren  a  competence,  and  after  sustaining  many 
■without  timely  relief,  put  an  end  to  his  life  by  a  pistol,  near  the  g 

..  man  of  gentlemanly  manners, 
and  accomplishme:  -  who  knew  him  inti- 

^iterred  in  the  church-yard  of  St.  Ann's,  by  the  side  of 
his  father. 


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"  To  the  memory  of  Caroline  of  Brunswick,  the 
iNJUEED  Queen  of  England."* 


Napoleon's  Tomb,  at  St.  Helena  : — 

"We  caught  sight  of  the  tomb  at  the  bottom  of  the 
ravine  called  Sloane's  valley,  and  descending  a  zigzag 
path,  we  quickly  reached  the  spot.  About  half  an  acre 
round  the  grave  is  railed  in.  The  tomb  itself  consists 
of  a  square  stone,  about  10  feet  by  7,  surrounded  with 
a  plain  iron  railing.  Four  or  five  weeping  willows, 
their  stems  leaning  towards  the  grave,  hang  their  pen- 
sile branches  over  it.  The  willows  are  decaying  fast, 
and  one  of  them  rests  upon  the  sharp  spears  of  the 
railing,  which  are  buried  in  its  trunk — as  though  it 
were  committing  suicide  for  very  grief.  The  foliage  of 
the  rest  is  thinned  and  disfigured  by  the  frequent  and 
almost  excusable  depredations  of  visitors." —  Captain 
Mundy's  Visit. 

Napoleon's  remains  were  brought  from  St.  Helena,  in 
1840,  and  placed  in  the  church  of  the  Invalides,  at 
Paris,  with  the  following  inscription  upon  his  tomb — 
which  were  his  own  words  : — 

"  Carry  back  my  bones,  and  lay  them  on  the  banks 
of  the  Seine,  amongst  that  people  whom  I  loved  so 
well." 


Inscription  on  the  tomb  of  the  Duke  of  Eeichstadt 
(Napoleon's  son),  in  the  church  of  the  Capauchins, 
Vienna.     It  is  in  Latin,  and  is  thus  translated  : — 

"  To  the  Eternal  memory  of  Joseph  Charles,  Francis, 
Duke  of  Eeichstadt,  Son  of  Napoleon,  Emperor  of 
France,  and  of  Maria  Louisa,  Arch-Duchess  of  Austria, 
born  at  Paris,  March  20,  1811,  saluted  in  his  cradle 
with  the  title  of  [  King  of  Rome.'  At  the  flower  of  his 
age,  gifted  with  all  the  accomplishments  of  mind  and 


*  The  ancient  inscription  over  the  family  vault  of  the  Brunswicks  will 
apply  to  Queen  Caroline  with  awful  force  ; — "  Hie  finis  invidse,  persecu- 
tionis,  et  querelge."— (  "  Here  envy,  persecution,  and  complaining  cease.") 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


body,  remarkable  for  his  fine  stature,  beauty  of  counte- 
nance, extraordinary  grace  of  speech,  and  his  studies 
and  military  labours,  he  was  seized  by  phthisis.  Sad 
Death  snatched  him  to  the  dwelling  of  the  Emperors, 
by  the  beautiful  fountain  near  Vienna,  July  22nd, 
1832."* 


On  Louis  Philippe: — 

In  the  vault  of  a  small  chapel  at  Weybridge,  in 
Surrey,  are  deposited  the  remains  of  Louis  Philippe. 
A  marble  slab  in  the  vault  bears  the  following  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"  Depositae  jacent  sub  hoc  lapide  Donee  in  Patriam. 
Avitos  inter  cineres  Deo  adjuvante  trausferantur 
Reliquiae  Ludovici  Philippi  Primi  Prancorum  Regis 
Claromontii  in  Britannia  Defuncti. 

Die    Augusti    xxvi.    Anno    Domini    MDCCCL, 
J^tatis  76.     Requiescat  in  Pace." 


On  the  Daughter  of  William  the  Conqueror  : — 

At  Isfield  was  buried  the  daughter  of  William  the 
Conqueror,  and  the  wife  to  the  first  earl  of  Warwick. 
Her  monument  was  removed  and  is  now  at  Lewes 
church.  The  tomb  is  of  black  marble,  sculptured  with 
foliage,  in  a  fine  early  style,  and  bearing  around  its 
edge  an  inscription  in  Latin,  with  slight  conjectural 
supplements,  in  characters  which  have  been  verified  as 
Norman,  and  of  the  eleventh  or  early  part  of  the  twelfth 
century  ;  thus  translated  : — 

"  Gtjndeed,  of  Ducal  race,  the  ornament  of  her  age, 


*  A  writer  in  "  The  Mirror"  saj*s,  who  visited  the  tomb,  "  I  followed  my 
guide.  He  opened  a  side  gate,  and  descending  before  me,  illumined  with 
his  lantern  the  steps  of  a  stair-case  that  had  but  little  of  royalty  about  it, 
and  was  completely  dark  at  its  upper  end.  At  length,  having"  descended 
about  sixty  steps,  we  found  ourselves  in  a  cave,  rather  long  than  large,  and 
on  the  two  sides  of  which  were  ranged  a  great  number  of  bronze  tombs  of 
different  forms  and  dimensions.  There  was  the  tomb  of  young  Napoleon  ; 
upon  it  I  read  the  inscription,  surmounted  by  a  small  cross,  and  graved  in 
the  middle  of  a  plate  of  brass,  which  forms,  so  to  speak,  the  cover  of  the 
monument." 


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SOVEREIGNS,  ETC. 


a  noble  bud,  brought  into  the  churches  of  England  the 
balsam  of  morals. — She  was  a  Martha  to  the  wretched ; 
she  was,  for  piety,  a  Mary.     The  part  of  Martha  has 

died,   the   mighty  part  of  Mary  survives. 0,  holy 

Pancras  !  Witness  of  her  piety  and  righteousness. — She 
made  thee  her  heir ;  do  thou,  benign,  receive  a  mother. 
The  hostile  dawn  of  the  sixth  calend  of  June  broke  the 
alabaster  of  flesh."— The  Mirror  for  1838. 


The  French  inscription  on  the  monument  of  the 
Black  Prince,  in  Canterbury  Cathedral,  and  who  died 
in  1376,  is  thus  translated: — 

"  "Whoso  thou  be  that  passest  by 
Where  these  bones  interred  lie, 
Understand  what  I  shall  say 
As  at  this  time  speak  I  may. 
Such  as  thou  art,  sometime  was  I, 
Such  as  I  am — such  shalt  thou  be. 
I  little  thought  on  the  hour  of  death 
So  long  as  I  enjoyed  breath. 
Great  riches  here  I  did  possess, 
Whereof  I  made  great  nobleness ; 
I  had  gold,  silver,  wardrobes,  and 
Great  treasures,  horses,  houses,  land. 
But  now  a  caitiff  poor  am  I, 
Deep  in  the  ground,  lo  !  here  I  lie  ; 
My  beauty  great  is  all  quite  gone, 
My  flesh  is  wasted  to  the  bone  ; 
And  if  you  should  see  me  this  day, 
I  do  not  think  but  you  would  say 
That  I  had  never  been  a  man, 
So  much  alter' d  now  I  am." 

History  of  Kent. 


At  Fotheringay,  in  Northamptonshire,  was  formerly 
a  nunnery,  and  the  only  part  of  it  now  remaining 
consists  of  a  lofty  nave,  two  aisles,  and  a  square  tower 
at  the  west  end,  surmounted  by  an  octagon  tower  of 
later  erection.  A  stone  monument,  near  the  com- 
munion table,  has  the  following  inscription  : — 


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u  These  monument?  of  Edwaed,  Duke  of  York,  and 
Eichaed  of  York,  were  made   in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
1573.     The  sayd  Edward  was  slayne  in  the  battle 
of  Agincourt,  in  the  third  yeare  of  Henry  ye  V.'* 

And  on  a  similar  monument  is  this  inscription  : — 

'  *  Richard  Plantaganet,  Duke  of 

York,  nephew  to  Edward.  Duke  of 

York,  father  to  Tying  Edward  ye 

4  th,  was  slane  at  "Wakefield, 

In  the  37th  year  of  Henry  ye 

6th,     1450.      *And   lieth   burred 

Here  with  Cicelv  his  wife."' 


On  the  still-born,  male  child  of  the  Princess  Charlotte, 
who.  with  its  mother,  was  buried  in  St.  George's  Chapel, 

"Windsor   [  by  .Johnson  Grant"  :'■ — 

"Here  lies  tlr  unhonoured,  nameless  thing, 
That,  had  it  lived,  had  been  a  king  : 
Eull  moulded  by  th'  Eternal  hand, 
For  breath,  for  reason,  for  command  ; 
Once,  by  its  rank,  its  form,  designed 
A  monarch, — an  immortal  mind  : 
But.  with  some  view  man  cannot  sift. 
High  Heav'n  withdrew  the  tendered  gift. 
And  with  a  ban — 0  !  doubtless,  right — 
ndemned  him  ne'er  to  see  the  light ! 

Xo  sceptre  filled  his  tiny  hand  : 
His  robe  is  but  the  swaddling  band ; 
His  lowly  crown — the  wool — worn  frill ; 
His  reign  'tis  here  : — all  dark  and  still. 

0  !  who  can  tell  in  wisdom  school' d 

'  Twere  better  to  have  lived  and  rul'd : 

To  feel  th'  unnumbered  anxious  cares 

That  press  each  brow  the  crown  that  wears ; 

Suspected  hate,  and  dreaded  scorn 

That  turn  each  jewel  to  a  thorn  ; 

"While  thousands  round  the  footstool  bend, 

To  stand  too  high  to  have  a  Mend ; 

To  know  not  whom  to  trust ;  to  fear 

Ea  h  pi       :' "  -  rvice  insinc 


SOVEREIGNS,  ETC. 


To  be  the  statesman's  plaything  made; 

To  be  caress' d, — to  be  betray' d  ; 

Of  each  substantial  joy  bereaved, 

Cajol'd,  hail'd,  flatter'd,  and  deceiv'd : 

With  faults — expos' d  and  magnified; 

With  virtues — oft,  too  oft,  denied  ; — 

Perhaps — to  injure  ;  to  oppress ; 

To  joy  in  war  ;  to  spread  distress  ; 

To  play  th'  unfeeling  tyrant's  part; 

To  own  the  selfish,  sensual  heart ; 

The  passions  all  without  controul ; 

The   giv'n — and  then   the   squandered   soul ! 

0  !  woe-fraught  life  !    0  !  blest  release  ! — 

Sleep — still-born  infant — sleep  in  peace. 

Perhaps,  on  holier,  happier  ground, 
(For  who  th' 'Eternal's  power  shall  bound) 
Further  than  furthest  comets  run, 
The  mother  yet  may  clasp  her  son, 
And  say — '  Behold  me,  King  of  Heaven  ! 
'  Me,  and  the  infant  thou  hast  given  ! 
'  Behold  us  cast  before  thy  throne 
'  Our  brighter  crowns  : — receive  thine  own.' 

We  know  not : — but  there  speeds  an  hour 
When  fades  to  dust  terrestrial  power ; — 
When  many  a  sceptred  mass  of  clay 
May  wish  he  ne'er  had  seen  the  day  : — 
When  pageantry,  and  pomp,  and  pride, 
Are  but  a  garment — laid  aside  : — 
And  but  for  virtue,  every  king, — 
■  Like  this, — a  mute  unhonoured  thing." — Political 
Examiner  for  1817. 


On  the  left  side  of  the  communion  table  in  Prince 
Arthur's  chapel,  in  Worcester  Cathedral,  is  the  tomb  of 
Peince  Arthur,  elder  brother  to  Henry  VIII.  Bound 
the  uppermost^  verge  of  his  tomb  of  fine  marble,  is  the 
following  inscription : — 

"  Here  lyeth  buried  Prince  Arthur,  the  first  begotten 
sonne  of  the  right  renowned  King  Henry  the  Seaventh, 
which  noble  prince  departed  out  of  this  transitory  life, 


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at  the  castle  of  Ludlow,  the  seaventeenth  yeare  of  his 
father's  reign,  and  of  our  Lord  God,  one  thousonde  five 
hundred  and  two." 


For  the  Mausoleum  to  be  erected  in  Kensall  Green 
Cemetery  to  the  Duke  of  Sussex,  who  died  April  21, 
1843,  aged  seventy  years  : — 

"Waiting  the  resurrection  of  the  just, 
This  mausoleum  treasures  royal  dust. 
"While  other  monuments  proclaim  they  show 
Where  sleep  the  ministers  of  human  woe  : 
Here  one  reposes  whose  more  gentle  mind, 
Ranked  not  with  the  destroyers  of  mankind. 
He  sought  not  to  inscribe  his  hpnoured  name 
Among  the  blood-stained  votaries  of  fame, 
But  left  to  them  a  giddy  world's  applause, 
To  plead  the  widow's  and  the  orphan's  cause ; 
While  in  the  counsels  of  the  state  he  fought 
For  universal  liberty  of  thought. 

'Twas  his  to  cultivate  the  art3  of  Peace, 
The  sum  of  human  comfort  to  increase, 
To  cheer  the  mourner  and  identify 
His  glory  with  refined  humanity. 

So  passed  his  life  among  the  haunts  of  men, 
Till  he  had  numbered  threescore  years  and  ten, 
Each  season  but  revolving  to  convince 
The  world,  a  Patriot  might  be.  a  Prince ; 
And  dying  his  last  testament  here  brings 
His  bones,  far  from  the  sepulchre  of  kings  ; 
He  wished,  from  principle  he  could  not  swerve, 
To  sleep  in  death  with  those  he  loved  to  serve." 


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NAVAL  &  MILITARY  OFFICERS. 


Themistocles,  the  renowned  general  and  patriot,  and 
the  preserver  of  Athens  at  the  time  of  the  Persian 
invasion,  died  b.c.  465,  aged  about  65.  There  are  upon 
his  tomb  a  few  lines  by  Plato,  thus  translated  : — 

"By  the  sea's  margin,  on  the  watery  strand, 
Thy  monument,  Themistocles,  shall  stand  : 
By  this  directed  to  thy  native  shore 
The  Merchant  shall  convey  his  freighted  store ; 
And  when  our  fleets  are  summoned  to  the  fight, 
Athens  shall  conquer  with  thy  tomb  in  sight." 

Cumberland's  Observer. 


Hannibal,  the  celebrated  Carthaginian  general,  put 
an  end  to  his  life  by  poison,  at  Libyssa,  b.c  182.  A 
tomb,  however,  has  been  lately  discovered  at  Malta, 
with  this  plain  inscription  : — 

"  Hannibal,  the  son  of  Hamilcar." 

And  if  it  could  be  established  that  there  was  no  other 
Hannibal,  son  of  Hamilcar,  than  this  celebrated  com- 
mander,   it    would    overturn    the    general,  or  rather 


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universal  opinion,  that  Hannibal  died  by  a  voluntary 
death  at  Libyssa. — Editor's  Note  in  Rollin's  Anc.  His., 
printed  in  1849. 


Similis,  captain  of  the  guards  to  Adrian,  obtained 
leave  to  quit  the  Emperor's  service,  when  he  afterwards 
spent  seven  years  of  his  life  in  rural  retirement.  At  his 
death  he  ordered  the  following  inscription  to  be  put  on 
his  tomb  : — 

"  Here  Hes  Similis,  who  Hved  but  seven  years, 
though  he    died   at   sixtv-seven." 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  monument  to  Major 
General  DrxDAs.  On  the  monument  Britannia  is 
attended  by  Sensibility ;  and  the  Genius  of  Britain  is 
crowning  the  hero  with  laurel.  On  the  pedestal, 
Britannia  is  seen  defending  Liberty  against  Fraud  and 
Rebellion.     The  following  is  the  inscription : — 

"  Major  General  Thomas  Dttnt>as, 

died  June  3rd,    1794,   aged  44  years; 

The  best  tribute  to  whose  merit  and  public  services 

will  be  found  in  the  following  vote  of  the  House  of 

Commons,  for  the  erection  of  this  memorial : 

June  5th,  1795.  '  Resolved,  nemine  contradicente,  that 
an  humble  address  be  presented  to  his  Majesty,  that  he 
will  be  graciously  pleased  to  give  directions  that  a 
monument  be  erected  in  the  Cathedral  Church  of 
St.  Paul,  London,  to  the  memory  of  Major  General 
Dundas,  as  a  testimony  of  the  grateful  sense  entertained 
by  this  House,  of  the  eminent  services  which  he  rendered 
to  his  country,  particularly  in  the  reduction  of  the 
French  "West  India  Islands.'  " 


On  the  pedestal  of  the  statue  of  Szr  Thomas  Jones, 
in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  is  the  following  inscription  : — 


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"  Statue  of  the  late 
Major  General  Sir  John  Thomas  Jones,  Bart.,  K.C.B. 

Erected 

by  his  surviving  Brother  Officers  of  the  Boyal  Engineers, 

in  testimony 

of  their  sense  of  his  high  professional  attainments, 

and  of  his  important  military  services. 

His  honourable  career 

extended  from 

a.d.   1797  to  a.d.   1843." 


On  Captain  Matthew  Henderson,  a  gentleman  who 
held  the  patent  for  his  honours  immediately  from 
Almighty  God.     (By  Robert  Burns.) 

"  Stop,  passenger  !  my  story's  brief; 
And  truth  I  shall  relate,  man ; 
I  tell  na  common  tale  o'  grief 
For  Matthew  was  a  great  man. 

If  thou  uncommon  merit  hast, 

Yet  spurn' d  at  fortune's  door,  man; 

A  look  of  pity  hither  cast, 
For  Matthew  was  a  poor  man. 

If  thou  a  noble  sodger  art, 

That  passest  by  this  grave,  man  ; 

Here  moulders  here  a  gallant  heart, 
For  Matthew  was  a  brave  man. 

If  thou  on  men,  their  works  and  ways, 
Canst  throw  uncommon  light,  man  ; 

Here  lies  wha  weel  had  won  thy  praise, 
For  Matthew  was  a  bright  man. 

If  thou  at  friendship's  sacred  ca' 

Wad  life  itself  resign,  man ; 
Thy  sympathetic  tear  maun  fa' 

For  Matthew  was  a  kind  man. 

If  thou  art  staunch  without  a  stain, 
Like  the  unchanging  blue,  man ; 

This  was  a  kinsman  o'  thy  ain, 
For  Matthew  was  a  true  man. 


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If  thou  hast  wit,  and  fun,  and  fire, 
And  ne'er  guid  wine  did  fear,  man  ; 

This  was  thy  billie,  dam,  and  sire, 
For  Matthew  was  a  queer  man. 

If  onie  whiggish  whingin  sot, 

To  blame  poor  Matthew  dare,  man  ; 

May  dool  and  sorrow  be  his  lot, 
For  Matthew  was  a  rare  man." 


Yan  Dun,  Yeoman  of  the  Guard,  was  buried  in 
St.  Margaret's  church,  Westminster.  His  monument 
contains  a  good  bust,  and  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Cornelius  Yan  Dun  lieth  here,  borne  at  Breda,  in 
Brabant,  soldier  with  King  Henry  at  Turney,  Yeoman 
of  the  Guard,  and  Usher  to  King  Henry,  King  Edward, 
Queen  Mary,  and  Queen  Elizabeth :  of  honest  and 
virtuous  life,  a  careful  man  for  poor  folk,  who  in  the 
end  of  this  town  did  build  for  poor  widows  twenty 
houses  at  his  own  cost." 

Eound  the  figure  is  inscribed : — 

"Obiit  anno  Dom   1577,  buried  the  4th  of  September, 
JEtatis  suae  94." 


On  colonel,  the  Hon.  Sir  Robert  le  Poer  Feench. 
"  Stranger,  of  all  the  Mends  I  knew, 
So  firm,  so  tender,  and  so  true, 
None  ever  claim' d  the  genuine  tear 
More  than  the  man  reposing  here. 
Though  brave  in  arms — yet  braver  still 
In  thwarting  a  corrupted  will ; 
Save   the  true  glory  of  the  cross 
All  other  glory  sunk  as  dross ; 
His  greatest  pride — his  only  plea 
Was  this — the  Saviour  died  for  me." 


In  a  village  churchyard  near  Glasgow,  is  an  epitaph 
on  Major  Kicholls,  47th  Regiment.     (By  Burns.) 


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Ye  maggots,  feed  on  Nicholls'  brain, 
For  few  sic'  feasts  ye  ha'  gotten, 

And  stick  your  claws  in  Mcholls'  heart, 
For  de'il  a  bit  on't  's  rotten." 


Admiral  Boscawen,  was  buried  in  St.  Michael's 
church,  at  Penkevel,  in  Cornwall,  where  a  monument  of 
exquisite  workmanship  stands  erected  to  his  memory, 
with  this  inscription : — 

Here  lies  the  right  honourable 

Edward  Boscawen, 

Admiral  of  the  blue,  general  of  marines, 

Lord  of  the  Admiralty  and  one  of 

His  Majesty's  most  honourable  privy  council. 

His  birth,  though  noble, 

His  titles,  though  illustrious, 

Were  but  incidental  additions  to  his  greatness. 

History 

In  more  expressible  and  more  indelible 

Characters, 

Will  inform  latest  posterity, 

With  what  ardent  zeal, 

With  what  successful  valour, 

He  served  his  country, 

And  taught  her  enemies 

To   dread   her   naval   power. 

In  command 

He  was  equal  to  every  emergency, 

Superior  to  every  difficulty. 

In  his  high  departments,  masterly  and  upright : 

His  example  formed,  while 

His  patronage  rewarded 

Merit. 

With  the  highest  exertions  of  military  greatness, 

He  united  the  greatest  offices  of  humanity. 

His  concern  for  the  interest,  and  unwearied 

Attention  to  the  health  of  all  under 

His  command, 

Softened  the  necessary  exactions  of  duty, 

And  the  rigours  of  his  discipline, 

By  the  care  of  a  guardian,  and  the  tenderness 

of  a  father. 


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Thus  beloved  and  revered, 
Amiable  in  private  life,  as  illustrious  in  public, 
-  gallant  and  profitable  servant  of  his 

When  he  was  beginning  to  reap  the  har- 
of  his  toils  and  dange:-. 
In  the  foil  meridian  of  years  and  gl : 
Alter  having  been  providentially  p: 
Through  every  peril  incident  to  his  profession, 
Died  of  ■  fever, 
On  the  10th  of  January,  in  the  year  1761, 
And  in  the  50th  of  his    g 
At  Hate-Hand' s  Park,  in  S 
A  seat  he  had  just  fin  nee 

of  the  enemies  of  his  coimb 
amidst  the  groans  and  - 
of  his   beloved   Cornishmen,    was 
E::r    leposiied. 
nee  happy  wife  inscribes  this  marble, 
An  unequal  testimony  of  his  worth. 
And  .:  bei  affection 


:zvcE,  memorable  for  his  cor. 
in  India,  and  for  his  clemency  to  the  vanquished.     In- 
n  a  monunri:  elected  I  7  3d  B  bext  Park,  and 
written  by  Hannah  More  :  — 

Born  to  command,  to  conquer,  and  to  spare, 
As  mercy,  mild ;  yet  terrible  as  war. 
H;tr  Lajfkeh  in  death  !  while  living,  fame 

From  Thames  to  Ganges  wafts  his  honoured  name. 
T :  nim  this  frail  memorial  Friendship  re 
Whose  noblest  monument's  an  n 

Wh :  -  n  fairer  columns  stand  engraved, 

In  I .  md  Cities    ^ed." 


In  St  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  monument  to  Sin  Wscr 

t.tav   Hosts.     Hs  is  represented  in  full  naval  uniform. 
Underneath  his  arms  is  the  following : — 


ARMY  &  NAVY  OFFICERS. 


"Cattaro  Ltssa 
Sir  William  Hoste,  Bart.,  K.C.B.,  K.M.T., 

Captain  in  the  Royal  Navy. 

Erected  by  his  brother  Officers 

and   the   admirers   of   his   services." 


At  Gaieta,  in  Sicily,  on  Charles  de  Botjrbox,  Con- 
stable of  France,  who  died  May  6th,  1527,  aged  38. 
Constable  Bourbon,  the  great  warrior,  and  national 
renegade,  bore  arms  for  the  Emperor  Charles  V.,  of 
Germany,  against  the  church,  as  well  as  against  his  own 
countrymen.  As  he  was  shot  in  the  act  of  storming 
Borne,  and  died  under  the  Pope's  excommunication,  he 
could  not  be  allowed  a  burial  place  in  consecrated 
ground.  As  regard  was  due  to  his  eminent  services, 
and  rank,  and  dignity,  his  body  could  not  be  abandoned 
or  left  in  an  unhonoured  place  ;  the  Spaniards,  therefore, 
had  recourse  to  another  expedient ;  they  dried  the  body 
of  the  constable  like  a  mummy,  and  set  it  up  in  a  recess 
near  the  gate  of  the  castle  of  Gaieta. — Over  the  recess 
was  a  Spanish  distich  which  may  thus  be  rendered  into 
English : — 

"  France  gave  me  birth,  Spain  strength  and  fortune  gave, 
Rome  my  death -wound,  and  Gaieta  a  grave." 

A  Latin  epitaph  said  in  plain  prose  : — 

"  Here  lies  Charles  of  Bourbon,  who,  after  enlarging 
the  empire,  defeating  the  French,  conquering  Italy, 
besieging  the  Pope,  and  taking  Rome,  lost  his  life  in 
the  moment  of  victory." — Some  Friend. 


Major  General  Sir  Isaac  Brock:,  has  a  tabular  monu- 
ment in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral.  He  is  represented 
expiring  in  the  arms  of  a  British  soldier,  while  an  Indian 
is  gazing  sorrowfully  on  the  scene.  The  inscription  is : — 


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Erected  at  the  public  expense, 
to  the  memory  of 

AEajor  General 

Srs  Isaac  Beock, 

who    gloriously   fell 

on  the  13th  of  October. 

ALDCCCXIL, 

in  resisting  an  attack  on 

Queenstown, 

in   Upper   Canada. 


On  Captain  Geexvllie.      By  Lord  George  Littleton.' 

"  Ye  weeping  Muses,  Graces,  Virtues  !  tell 
If,  since  your  all-accomplished  Sidney  fell, 
You  or  afflicted  Britain  e'er  deplored 
A  loss  like  that  these  plaintive  lays  record ! 
Such  spotless  honour,  such  ingenuous  truth, 
Such  ripen' d  wisdom  in  the  bloom  of  youth  ! 
v    mild,  so  gentle,  so  compos' d  a  mind, 
To  such  heroic  warmth,  and  courage  join'd  ! 
He  too,  like  Sidney,  nursed  in  learning's  arms, 
For  nobler  war  forsook  her  softer  charms ; 
Like  him  possessed  of  every  pleasing  art, 
The  secret  wish  of  eveiy  female's  heart ; 
Like  him  cut  off  in  youthful  glory's  pride, 
He  unrepining  for  his  country  died." 


Fejln-cois  de  ALeecy,  one  of  the  most  distinguished 
generals  in  the  thirty  years'  war,  fell  on  the  3rd  of 
August,  1645,  in  the  battle  of  Allersheim,  near  Xordlin- 
gen.  He  was  buried  on  the  field,  and  a  stone  was 
raised  with  this  inscription  :  — 

"  Sta,  viator,  heroem  calcas." 

Bousseau,  in  his  "  Emile,"  very  justly  remarks,  that 
"the  simple  name  of  one  of  his  victories  would  have 
been  preferable  to  this  inflated  sentence,  borrowed  from 
antiquity.'' — Cyc.  of  Biography. 


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Morat,  in  Switzerland,  is  celebrated  as  the  scene  of 
the  defeat  of  Charles  the  Bold,  in  1476  ;  and  a  little 
chapel,  filled  with  the  bones  of  those  who  fell,  bears 
this  inscription : — 

"  The  army  of  Charles  the  Bold,  besieging  Morat, 
left  this  Monument  of  its  passage." 


In  Westminster  Abbey,  is  a  monument  to  Lord 
Aubrey  Beauclerk,  who  was  killed  at  Boca-chica,  in 
1740.  On  the  monument  are  the  following  lines  by 
Thomson : — 

"  While  Britain  boasts  her  empire  o'er  the  deep, 
This  marble  shall  compel  the  brave  to  weep ; 
As  men,  as  Britons,  and  as  soldiers  mourn — 
'Tis  dauntless,  loyal,  virtuous  Beatjclerk's  urn. 
Sweet  were  his  manners  as  his  soul  was  great, 
And  ripe  his  worth,  though  immature  his  fate. 
Each  tender  grace  that  joy  and  love  inspire, 
Living  he  mingled  with  his  martial  fire  ; 
Dying,  he  bid  Britannia's  thunder  roar, 
And  Spain  still  felt  him  when  he  breath' d  no  more." 

The  Lord  Aubrey  Beauclerk  was  the  youngest  son  of 
Charles,  Duke  of  St.  Alban's,  by  Diana,  daughter  of 
Aubrey  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford.  He  went  early  to 
sea,  and  was  made  a  commander  in  1731.  In  the  year 
1740  he  was  sent  upon  that  memorable  expedition  to 
Cartagena,  under  the  command  of  Admiral  Vernon,  in 
his  Majesty's  ship  the  Prince  Frederick,  which,  with 
three  others,  was  ordered  to  cannonade  the  castle  of 
Boca-chica ;  one  of  these  being  obliged  to  quit  her 
station,  the  Prince  Frederick  was  exposed  not  only  to 
the  fire  from  the  castle,  but  to  that  of  Fort  St.  Joseph, 
and  to  two  ships  that  gained  the  mouth  of  the  harbour ; 
which  he  sustained  for  many  hours  that  day,  and  part 
of  the  next  with  uncommon  intrepidity.  As  he  was 
giving  his  command  upon  deck  both  his  legs  were  shot 
off,  but  such  was  his  magnanimity  that  he  would  not 
suffer  his  wounds  to  be  drest  till  he  had  communicated 
his  orders  to  his  first  lieutenant,  which  were  to  "  fight 
his  ship  to  the  last  extremity."  Soon  after  this  he  gave 
some   directions    about   his   private   affairs,    and   then 


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resigned   his   soul  with   the  dignity  of  a  hero  and  a 
Christian. 

Thus  was  he  taken  off  in  the  31st  year  of  his  age,  an 
illustrious  commander  of  superior  fortitude  and  clem- 
ency :  amiable  in  his  person,  steady  in  his  affection, 
and  equalled  by  few  in  the  social  and  domestic  virtues 
of  politeness,  modesty,  candour,  and  benevolence. 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  noble  monument  (by 
Flaxman)  to  earl  Howe.  The  statue  represents  him 
with  a  telescope  in  his  hand,  the  British  Lion  reposing 
by  his  side  ;  and  Britannia,  holding  her  trident,  is  seated 
on  a  pedestal,  upon  which  History  is  recording  the 
earl's  exploits,  while  Victory,  bending  forward,  places 
a  palm-branch  in  the  lap  of  Britannia.  Near  the  top 
of  the  monument  is — 

"  Gibraltar  relieved,  October  11th,  1778. 

The  French  fleet  defeated, 

June  the  1st,  1784." 

At  the  Admiral's  feet  is  this  inscription : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

Admiral  Earl  Howe, 

in  testimony  of  the  general   sense   of   his   great   and 

meritorious  services,  in  the  course  of  a  long  and 

distinguished  life,  and  in  particular 

for  the  benefit 

derived  to  his  country,  by  the  brilliant  victory  which  he 

obtained  over  the  French  fleet,  off  Ushant,  1st  June,  1 794. 

He  was  born  19th  March,  1726,  and  died  5th  Aug.  1799, 

in  his  74th  year." 


There  is  a  statue  ( by  Chantrey)  in  St.  Paul's  Cathe- 
dral, to  General  Gillespie,  bearing  this  inscription  : — 

"Erected  at  the  public  expense, 

To  the  Memory  of 

Major-General  Robert  Eollo  Gillespie, 

who  fell  gloriously, 

on  the  31st  of  October,  1814, 

while  leading  the  troops  to  an  assault  on  the  fortress  of 

Halunga,  in  the  kingdom  of  Kepaul." 


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At  Sweaborg,  in  Russia. 

In  the  church  of  Sweaborg  is  a  tombstone  with  the 
following  inscription : — 

"  Here  lies  Field-Marshal,  Earl  of  Ehrensword, 
surrounded  by  his  work,  the  ramparts  of  Sweaborg ; 
begun  in  1749,  under  King  Frederick,  and  completed 
under  Gustavus  III.  Sweaborg,  which  on  one  side 
reaches  to  the  shore,  gives  her  wise  sovereigns  the 
dominion  of  the  sea  and  fleet." — CasselVs  Family  Paper. 


Epaminondas  was  a  Theban  general,  illustrious  for 
his  talents  and  his  virtues.  He  was  sentenced  to  death 
as  a  traitor  to  his  country.  On  hearing  the  sentence  he 
calmly  expressed  a  wish  that  this  inscription  might  be 
put  upon  his  tomb: — "Here  lies  Epaminondas,  who 
suffered  death  for  saving  his  country."  This  keen 
reproof  touched  his  judges,  and  he  was  pardoned.  He 
was  killed  in  battle,  b.c.  363. —  Watkins's  Biog.  Die. 


The  Greek  Government  have  selected  a  marble  block 
in  the  Parthenon  for  the  monument  of  George  "Wash- 
ington (who  died  Dec.  14,  1799,  aged  67),  now  being 
raised  in  the  city  named  after  him.  It  is  to  bear  this 
inscription : — 

"To  George  Washington, 

The  heroic  general,  the  high-minded  citizen, 

The  founder  of  modern  freedom,  the  land  of  Solon, 

Themistocles,  and  Pericles,  the  birthplace 

of  aneient  freedom,  dedicates  this  old  marble, 

as  a  sign  of  reverence  and  admiration." 

London  Journal,  1854. 


Inscription  to  the  memory  of  General  Wolfe,  slain  in 
the  service  of  his  country,  at  Quebec,  in  1ST.  America, 
1759  :— 

"  If  nobly  fighting  in  a  nation's  cause, 
And  bravely  dying  to  maintain  its  laws  ; 


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If  great  exertion,  honesty  of  heart, 
And  all  the  zeal  true  courage  can  impart ; 
If  these  can  make  the  laureate  hero  shine, 
These,  Wolfe,  were  thine — pre-eminently  thine. 
Too  early  lost — yet  glory  crown' d  thy  days, 
And  fame  grows  hoarse,  unequal  to  thy  praise. 
But,  Oh  !  thy  death,  illustrious  chief,  destroys 
The  sudden  burst  of  universal  joys. 
Our  patriot  king  in  pity  drops  a  tear, 
And  mourns  a  conquest  that  was  bought  so  dear. 
Oh  !  let  the  Muse  thy  fortitude  proclaim, 
And  on  thy  tomb  thus  register  thy  name  : 
,  Here  lies  brave  WrOLFE,  who  fought  on  freedom's  side, 
Bled  for  his  king,  and  vanquish' d  tho'  he  died.'  " 

General  "Wolfe  fell  at  Quebec,  on  the  plains  of 
Abraham,  September  13th,  1759.  A  broken  column  of 
black  marble  marks  the  place  where  the  English  com- 
mander died.     It  bears  this  inscription  : — 

"  Here  died  Wolfe,  victorious." — The  Rev.  J. 
Cauglieifs  Letters. 


General  Poeliee,  who  was  hung  in  Spain,  Oct.  3rd, 
1815,  left  orders  in  his  testament  that  when  circum- 
stances should  permit,  he  should  be  placed  in  a  pantheon, 
with  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Here  repose  the  ashes  of  Dox  Jlax  Diez  Poeliee, 
General  of  the  Spanish  armies,  who  was  fortunate  in 
what  he  undertook  against  the  enemies  of  his  country, 
and  died  a  victim  of  civil  dissensions. 

Peeling  souls  !  respect  the  ashes  of  an 
unfortunate   patriot." 


The  grave  of  Major  Axdee,  in  America  ( prior  to 
1821),  who  was  executed  as  a  spy  in  1780.  On  a  green 
eminence,  over  which  hangs  the  dark  and  funereal  shade 
of  the  willow,  is  the  grave  of  this  unfortunate  soldier ; 
it  is  a  short  distance   S.W.  of  the   village.      "No  urn 


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nor  animated  bust,"  only  a  few  rough,  and  unshapely 
stones  without  a  word  of  inscription,  and  carelessly  laid 
upon  a  mound  of  rudely  piled  earth,  are  shown  to  the 
traveller,  as  the  spot  where  rest  the  remains  of  poor 
Andre. — His  remains  were  lately,  by  a  special  request 
from  the  British  Government  to  the  United  States, 
brought  to  England,  and  placed  among  the  worthies  of 
"Westminster  Abbey,  where  he  has  a  sarcophagus  : — 
Britannia  weeping,  —  bas-relief  represents  the  flag  of 
truce  being  conveyed  to  General  Washington.  Upon  it 
is  this  inscription  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory 

of 

Major  John  Andre, 

who,  raised  by  his  merit  at  an  early  period  of  life 

to  the  rank  of  Adjutant  General 

of  the  British   forces   in    America, 

and  employed  in  an  important  but  hazardous  enterprise, 

fell  a  sacrifice  to  his  zeal  for  his  King  and  Country, 

on  the  2nd  of  October,  a.d.  1780, 

Aged   29  ; 

Universally  beloved  and  esteemed  by  the  Army  in  which 

he  served,  and  lamented  even  by  his 

FOES, 

His  Gracious  Sovereign,  King  George  III. 

has  caused  this  monument 

to  be  erected." 

Underneath  is  inscribed  : — 

"The  remains  of  Major  John  Andre 

were,  on  the  10th  of  August,  1821,  removed  from  Tappan 

By  James  Buchanan,  Esq., 

His  Majesty's  Consul  at  New  York, 

Under  instruction  from  His  Koyal  Highness 

The  Duke  of  York, 

And,  with  the  permission  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter, 

Finally  deposited  in  a  Grave 

contiguous   to  this  Monument, 

On  the  28th  of  November,    1821." 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  monument  (by  Eossi)  to 
the  Marquis  Coenwallis.      It  consists  of  a  group  in 


EPITAPHS.  ETC 


pyrainidical  form,  the  apex  being  the  statue  of  the 
marquis  on  a  round  pedestal ;  he  is  robed  as  a  knight  of 
the  garter.  At  the  base  are  several  figures  personifying 
the  British  empire  in  Europe  and  India ;  the  third 
figure  on  the  left  is  intended  to  signify  the  Bagareth, 
one  of  the  rivers  of  India  ;  the  small  one  on  the  right. 
seated  on  a  fish,  and  a  calabash,  is  the  Ganges.  The 
inscription  is  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of 

CHAELES,    llAEQEIS    CoEXWALLIS, 

GoYeraor-G-eneral  of  Bengal, 
who  died  oth  of  October,  1805,  aged  66,  at  Gliazeepore, 
in  the  province  of  Benares. 
on  his  progress  to  assume  the  command  of  the  amrv 
in  the  field : 
This  monument  is  erected  at  the  public  expense, 
in  testimony  of  his  high  and  distinguished  public  cha- 
racter, his  long  and   eminent  public  services,  both 
as  a  soldier  and  a  statesman, 
and  the  unwearied  zeal  with  which  his  exertions  were 
employed  in  the  last  moments  of  his  life,  to  promote 
the  interest  and  honour  of  his  countrv." 


Tabular  monument  to  Captain  Miller,  in  St.  Paul's 
Cathedral  (by  FlaxmanN .  The  figure-head  of  the  Theseus, 
in  which  the  captain  died,  off  the  coast  of  Acre  is  seen ; 
Britannia  and  Victory  elevate  the  hero's  medallion 
against  a  palm-tree,  on  which  are  the  words — 

"St.  Vincent— Nile." 

Hound  the  medallion  is  inscribed  : — 

"  To  Captain   R.  Willbt  1lili.ee. 
This  monument  is  raised  by  his  companions  in  victory." 


In  the  public  burying-ground  at  Munich,  or  near  the 
centre,  rises  conspicuously  a  lofty  obelisk  of  marble, 
resting  on  four  large  cannon  balls,  placed  on  a  massive 


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cubic  pedestal  of  granite.      A  brass  plate  on  the  lower 
part  of  the  obelisk,  bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  L'Armee  du  Rhin, 

Commandee  par  le  General  Moreau  : 

A  la   memoire    dn   General    Bastoul, 

Blesse  a  la  bataille  de  Hohenlinden 

Le  12  Frimaire. 

Mort  a  Munich  le  25  jSTivose, 

L'an  9  dela  Rep.  Franchise." 

The  Mirror. 


On  a  mural  tablet,  in  Westminster  Abbey,  erected  to 
Lieut. -General  Henry  Withers,  who  died  1729,  is  the 
following  epitaph,  by  Alexander  Pope: — 

"  Here,  "Withers,  rest !  thou  bravest,  gentlest  mind, 
Thy  country's  friend,  but  more  of  human  kind. 
Oh  !  born  to  arms  !  Oh  '  worth  in  youth  appro v'd  ! 
Oh  !  soft  humanity,  in  age  belov'd  ! 
For  thee  the  hardy  vet' ran  drops  a  tear, 
And  the  gay  courtier  feels  the  sigh  sincere. 

Withers,  adieu  !  yet  not  with  thee  remove 
Thy  martial  spirit,  or  thy  social  love  ! 
Amidst  corruption,  luxury,  and  rage, 
Still  leave  some  ancient  virtues  to  our  age  : 
Nor  let  us  say  (those  English  glories  gone) 
The  last  true  Briton  lies  beneath  this  stone." 


On  a  military  officer,  in  a  churchyard  near  Oxford 

"  Billeted  by  Death, 

I  quartered  here  lay  slain, 
And  when  the  trumpet  sounds 
I'll  rise  and  march  again." 


On  a  sumptuous  monument  in  Westminster  Abbey  :- 
"  To  the  memory  of 
Sir  Charles  Wager,  Knt. 


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Admiral  of  the  white,  first  commissioner  of  the 

Admiralty, 

And  privy  councellor ; 

A  man  of  great  natural  talents, 

Improved  by  industry,  and  long  experience  ; 

Who  bore  the  highest  commands, 

And  passed  through  the  greatest  employments, 

"With  credit  to  himself  and  honour  to  his  country. 

He  was,  in  his  private  life, 

Humane,  temperate,  just  and  bountiful ; 

In  public  station, 

Valiant,  prudent,  wise  and  honest ; 

Easy  of  access  to  all ; 

Steady  and  resolute  in  his  conduct ; 

So  remarkably  happy  in  his  presence  of  mind, 

That  no  danger  ever  discomposed  him  : 

Esteemed  and  favoured  by  his  king, 

Beloved  and  honoured  by  his  country ; 

He  died,  the  24th  of  May,  1743,  aged  "79. 

This  monument  was  erected 

By  Erancis  Gashry,  Esq., 

In  gratitude  to  his  great  patron,  a.d.  1747." 


In  the  chapel  of  the  Hospice  of  the  Grand  St.  Ber- 
nard, is  a  monument  to  General  Desaix,  who  was  killed 
in  the  battle  of  Marengo,  and  was  buried  in  that  place. 
It  is  finished  with  great  taste  and  elegance.  In  the 
centre  of  the  pedestal  is  a  bas-relief  representing  the 
general  falling  from  his  horse,  mortally  wounded,  into 
the  arms  of  a  soldier.  On  either  side  stand  a  male  and 
a  female  figure,  exquisitely  sculptured.  The  simple 
and  expressive  inscription  is — 

"  A  Desaix,  mort  a  la  bataille  de  Marengo." 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  on  a  monument : — 

"  The  Services  and  Death 
of  two  valiant  and  distinguished  officers, 


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James  Robert  Mosse,  Captain  of  the  Monarch, 

and  Edward  Riotj,  of  the  Amazon, 

who  fell  in  the  attack  upon  Copenhagen,  conducted 

by  Lord  kelson,  2nd  of  April,  1801,  are  commemorated 

by  this  Monument,  erected  at  the  national  expense. 

James  Robert  Mosse, 

was  bom  in  1746  ; 

he  served  as  Lieutenant  several  years,  under  Lord  Howe, 

and  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Post-Captain  in  1 790. 

To  Edward  Riou,  who  was  born  in  1762, 
an  extraordinary  occasion  was  presented  in  the  early 
part  of  his  service,  to  signalize  his  intrepidity  and 
presence  of  mind,  which  were  combined  with 
the   most  anxious  solicitude  for  the  lives  of  those 
under  his  command, 
and  a  magnanimous  disregard  of  his  own. 
When  his  ship,  the  Guardian,  struck  upon  an  island  of 
ice,  in  December,  1789,  and  afforded  no  prospect  but 
that  of  immediate  destruction  to  those  on  board ; 
Lieut.  Riou  encouraged  all  who  desired  to  take  their 
chance  of  preserving  themselves  in  the  boats,  to  consult 
their  safety :  but  judging  it  contrary  to  his  own  duty 
to  desert  the  vessel,  he  neither  gave  himself  up  to  despair 
nor  relaxed  his  exertions  ;  whereby,  after  ten  weeks  of 
the  most  perilous  navigation,  he  succeeded  in  bringing 
his  disabled  ship  into  port ;   receiving  his  high  reward 
of  fortitude  and  perseverance  from  the  Divine  Provi- 
dence, on  whose  protection  he  relied." 


In  the  same  Cathedral  is  a  beautiful  monument  to 
Sir  William  Ponsoxby.  The  sculpture  represents  the 
horse  falling  exhausted  to  the  ground,  whilst  Sir  Wm., 
at  the  moment  of  death,  is  receiving  a  wreath  of  laurel 
from  the  hands  of  Victory.     The  inscription  is  : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

Major-General    the   Hon.    Sir   William   Poxsonby, 

who  fell  gloriously  in  the  Battle  of  Waterloo, 

on  the  18th  of  June,  1815. 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


On  a  Marine  Officer,  in  the  churchyard  of  Barwick- 
in-Elmet,  Yorkshire : — 

' 'Here  lies  retired  from  busy  scenes 
A  first  Lieutenant  of  Marines, 
Who  lately  lived  in  gay  content, 
On  board  the  brave  ship  Diligent. 

Wow  stripp'd  of  all  his  warlike  show, 
And  laid  in  box  of  elm  below  : — 
Confin'd   in   earth,    in   narrow   borders, 
He  rises  not  till  further  orders." 


Inscribed  on  a  monument,  erected  to  Admiral  Hawke, 
in  the  parish  church  of  Stoneham,  in  Hampshire : — 

"D.  0.  M. 

This  monument  is  sacred  to  the  memory  of 
Edward  Hawke. 
Lord  Hawke,  baron  of  Tawton,  in  the  county  of  York, 
Knight  of  the  Bath, 
Admiral  and  commander-in-chief  of  the  fleet ; 
Vice-admiral  of  Great  Britain,  &c.  &c. 
Who  died  October  17th,  1781, 
Aged  76. 
The  bravery  of  his  soul  was  equal  to  the  dangers  he 
encountered  :  the  cautious  intrepidity  of  his  delib- 
erations,  superior   even  to    the    conquest   he 
obtained;  the  annals  of  his  life  compose 
a  period  of  naval  glory,  unparalleled 
in  later  times,  for  wherever  he 
sailed  victory  attended  him : 
a  prince,  unsolicited, 
conferred  on  him 
dignities  he 
disdained 
to  ask. 


On  Lieutenant 


Is  it  not  sweet  to  see  the  western  wave, 
Bright  burning  with  the  rays  of  setting  sun  ? 
Is  it  not  sweet  when  twilight's  come  and  gone, 


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And  the  clay's  toil  is  past,  to  sink  at  length 
In  gentle,  peaceful  sleep  ?     It  is,  it  is. 
So,  stranger,  it  is  sweet  for  him  whose  faith 
Rests  on  the  Crucified,  to  fall  asleep  in  death. 
Faith  is  the  dew  that  cools  the  burning  brow, 
Dries  up  the  falling  tear,  composes  decently 
The  drooping  head,  and  softly  turns  the  gaze 
Unto  thy  heavenly  hill,  0  Zion  ! 
Thou  who  dost  gaze,  aread  my  lesson  right ; 
And  when  thou  enterest  on  the  journey  drear, 
Thou  shalt  be  calm  anon,  as  I  am  calm — 
Thy  fetters  burst — thy  spirit  with  thy  God !  " 

The  Mirror. 


The  tomb  of  Marshal  Blttcher,  who  died  1819  : — 

"  On  my  route  to  the  mountains,  from  Breslau,  I  took 
the  Kanthe  road,  to  visit  the  tomb  of  Blucher,  at 
Kriblowitz.  Here,  by  the  side  of  the  road,  reposes  the 
old  hero,  with  no  other  canopy  but  heaven,  and  the 
united  foliage  of  three  lindens.  In  this  spot,  in  1813, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  71,  at  the  head  of  the  Prussian 
Landwehr,  he  completely  routed  the  French  under 
Marshal  Macdonald,  taking  17,000  prisoners  and 
100  pieces  of  cannon." — Germany  and  the  Germans,  by 
an  Englishman  resident  in  Germany. 


At    Suthland,    in    Leicestershire,    on    Sir    Joseph 
Dan  vers,  who  died  a.d.  1753  : — 

"  When  young,  I  sail'd  to  India,  East  and  West, 
But  aged,  in  this  port  must  lie  at  rest." 


Captain  Clerke,  who  succeeded  to  the  command  of 
the  two  British  ships  after  the  death  of  Captain  Cook, 
and  who  brought  the  ships  as  far  as  Kamtschatka,  died 
there  of  a  consumption  which  had  manifestly  com- 
menced before  he  left  England,  and  of  which  he  had 


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lingered  during  the  whole  continuance  of  the  voyage, 
a  period  of  more  than  three  years.  His  very  gradual 
decay  had  for  a  long  time  rendered  him  a  melancholy 
object  to  his  friends,  but  the  firmness  and  equanimity 
with  which  he  bore  the  slow  approaches  of  death — the 
constant  flow  of  good  spirits  which  he  retained  even  to 
the  last  hour,  and  a  cheerful  resignation  to  the  decree 
of  heaven,  furnished  them  with  some  consolation.  He 
was  bred  to  the  navy  from  his  youth,  and  had  been  in 
many  engagements.  He  particularly  wished  to  be  buried 
on  land,  and  agreeably  to  his  request,  he  was  buried  in 
the  harbour  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  Kamtschatka,  at 
the  foot  of  a  tree.  His  escutcheon  was  prepared  and 
neatly  painted  by  Mr.  Webber,  with  the  captain's  coat 
of  arms  properly  emblazoned,  and  placed  in  the  church 
of  Paratounea.  Underneath  the  escutcheon  was  jhe 
following  inscription : — 

"  Here  lies  interred  at  the  foot  of  a  tree,  near  the 
Ostrog  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  the  body  of  Charles 
Clerke,  Esquire,  Commander  of  his  Britannic  Majesty's 
ships,  the  Resolution  and  Discovery  :  to  which  he 
succeeded  on  the  death  of  James  Cook,  Esquire,  who 
was  killed  by  the  natives  of  an  island  we  had  discovered 
in  the  South  Sea,  after  having  explored  the  coast  of 
America,  from  42  deg.  27  min.  to  70  deg.  40  min. 
57  sec.  K.,  in  search  of  a  north-west  passage  from 
Europe  to  the  East  Indies.  The  second  attempt  being 
made  by  Captain  Clerke,  who  sailed  within  some  few 
leagues  of  Captain  Cook,  but  was  blocked  up  by  a  solid 
body  of  ice,  which  he  found  from  the  American  to  the 
Asiatic  shore,  and  almost  extended  due  east  and  west. 
He  died  at  sea,  on  his  return  to  the  southward,  on  the 
22nd  day  of  August,  1779,  aged  38  years." — Captain 
Cook's  Voyages,  Folio  edition. 


Monument  to  Colonel  Cadogax,  in  St.  Paul's  Cathe- 
dral :— 

"  Colonel  Cadogan,  when  he  was  disabled  in  battle, 
desired  some  of  his  soldiers  to  carry  him  to  an  adjoining 
hill,  whence  he  might  witness  the  issue  of  the  struggle 
in  which  he  had  been  engaged.     He  is  depicted  in  the 


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sculpture  borne  along  by  his  men,  with  bis  face  still 
towards  the  enemy ;  one  of  the  Trench  standards  (the 
eagle)  with  its  bearer,  lies  trodden  underfoot,  and 
another  is  flying,  while  the  soldiers  who  support  the 
wounded  officer,  seeing  the  French  routed,  are  waving 
their  hats  in  triumph.     The  inscription  is  : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

Colonel  the  Hon.  Henry  Cadogan, 

who  fell  gloriously  in  the  command  of  a  Brigade, 

in  the  memorable  Battle  of  Yittoria,  21st  June,  1813, 

when  a  complete  victory  was  gained  over  the  French 

army  by  the  allied  forces 

under  the  Marquis  of  Wellington. 

Colonel  Cadogan  was  son  of  Charles  Sloane,  Earl  Cadogan, 

born  28th  of  February,   1780." 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  Captain  John  Cooke, 
in  St.  Paul's  :— 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

Captain  John  Cooke,  who  was  killed 

Commanding  the  Bellerophon,  in 

the  battle  of  Trafalgar, 

in  the  44th  year  of  his  age,  and  the  30th  of  his  services." 


In  St.  Paul's  is  a  tabular  monument  to  Major  General 
Boss,  bearing  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory 

of  Major  General  Robekt  Ross, 

Who,  having  undertaken  and  executed  an  enterprise 

against  the  city  of  Washington,  the  capital  of 

the  United  States  of  America,  which  was  crowned 

with  complete  success,  was  killed  shortly 

afterwards  while  directing  a  successful  attack 

upon  a  superior  force,  near  the  city  of 

Baltimore,  on  the  12th  day  of  September,  1814." 


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In  St.  Paul's  is  a  monument  to  Sir  Pulteney 
Malcolm,  captain  of  the  Donegal,  under  Lord  Nelson. 
A  gale  of  wind  made  it  impossible  for  him  to  reach 
Trafalgar  until  the  victory  was  won,  but  he  was  able 
then  to  do  great  service  in  rescuing  numbers  of  brave 
seamen  from  the  waves,  as  the  confusion  was  subsiding. 
On  the  pedestal  of  the  monument  is  the  following 
inscription  : — 

"  In  memory  of 

Admiral  Sir  Pulteney  Malcolm,  G.C.B. 

Born    at    Burnfoot    of   Esk,    Dumfriesshire. 

Died  at  East  Lodge,  Middlesex,  on  the  20th  of  July,  1838, 

in  his  70th  year. 
As  an  officer,  distinguished  in  every  rank,  by  his  skill, 
zeal,  and  courage, 
Well  tried  in  the  battle  and  the  breeze  ; 
And  by  a  mild,  but  efficient  system  of  discipline, 
Thrice   appointed  by  his  sovereign  to  the  command -in- 
chief  of  a  British  fleet ; 
On  one  occasion  co-operating  with  a  French  squadron, 
which  he  also  had  the  honour  of  commanding. 
"Whilst  he  supported  the  honour  of  the  British  flag, 
he  obtained  the  respect  and  esteem,   not  only  of  our 
allies,  but  of  those  against  whom  hostilities  were 

commenced,  or  in  contemplation, 

which  by  his  conciliatory  and  moderate  conduct, 

He  contributed  to  terminate  or  avert. 

Active  and  amiable  in  all  the  duties  and  relations  of 

private  life,  whenever  his  services  were  not  required 

at  sea,  he  passed  most  of  his  time  in  his  native  Eskdale, 

where  his  kindness  to  all  classes,  and  his 

indefatigable  endeavours  to  promote  their  welfare, 

will  be  as  fully  appreciated  as  his  public  services  have 

been  by  other  friends,  not  only  of  the  United  Service, 

but  of  every  rank  and  profession  of  civil  life, 

by   whom   this   Monument   has   been   erected." 


Sir  Francis  Vere,  the  celebrated  English  commander 
in  the  Netherlands,  retired  into  private  life  a  few  years 
before  his  death,  which  happened  August  28th,  1608, 
aged  53.     He  was  buried  in  St.  John  the  Evangelist's 


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chapel,  Westminster  Abbey,  and  the  following  epitaph 
was  written  on  him  : — 

""When  Vere  sought  Death,  arm'd  with  his  sword  and 
Death  was  afraid  to  meet  him  in  the  field  :      [shield, 
But,  when  his  weapons  he  had  laid  aside, 
Death,  like  a  coward  struck  him,  and  he  died." 

English  Mag.  for  1777. 


In  St.  Paul's   Cathedral : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

Lieutenant-Colonel     Sir    William    Myees,    Bart., 

who  gloriously  fell  in  the  battle  of  Albuera, 

May  16th,  1811,  aged  27  years. 

His   illustrious   commander,   the   Duke  of  Wellington, 

bore  this  honourable  testimony  to  his  services  and 
abilities,  in  a  letter  to  Lady  Myers,  written  from  Elvas, 
May  20th,  1811  :— 
'  It  will  be  some  satisfaction  to  you  to  know  that 
your  son  fell  in  the  action,  in  which,  if  possible,  the 
British  troops  surpassed  all  their  former  deeds ;  and,  at 
the  head  of  the  Fusilier  Brigade,  to  which  a  greater 
part  of  the  final  success  of  the  day  was  to  be  attributed. 
As  an  officer  he  had  already  been  highly  distinguished, 
and,  if  Providence  had  prolonged  his  life,  he  promised 
to  become  one  of  the  brightest  ornaments  to  his  profes- 
sion, and  an  honour  to  his  country.'  " 


Sir  Clottdesly  Shovel  was  buried  at  the  national 
expense  in  Westminster  Abbey,  where  a  stately  monu- 
ment was  erected  to  his  memory,  consisting  of  a  recum- 
bent figure  under  a  tent,  a  pedestal  on  each  side  ;  bas- 
relief  represents  a  wreck ;  underneath  is  the  following 
inscription  : — 

"  Sir    Clotjdesly    Shovel,    Knight, 

Kear  Admiral  of  Great  Britain, 

And  Admiral  and  Commander  in-chief  of  the  fleet, 

The  just  rewards 

Of  his  long  and  faithful  services  : 


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He  was 

Deservedly  beloved  of  his  country ; 

And  esteemed,  though  dreaded  by  the  enemy, 

Who  had  often  experienced  his  conduct  and  courage 

Being  shipwrecked* 

On    the    rocks    of    Scilly, 

In  his  voyage  from  Toulon, 

The  22nd  of  October,  1707,  at  night, 

In  the  57  th  year  of  his  age. 

His  fate  was  lamented  by  all, 

But  especially  the 

Seafaring  part  of  the  nation, 

To  whom  he  was 

A  generous  patron,  and  a  worthy  example. 

His  body  was  flung  on  the  shore 

And  buried  with  others  in  the  sands  ; 

But  being  soon  after  taken  up, 

"Was  placed  under  this  Monument, 

Which  his  royal  Mistress  has  caused  to  be  erected, 

To  commemorate 

His  steady  loyalty,  and  extraordinary  virtues.  " 


Monument  to  Johx  Hampden,  the  Patriot,  on  Chal- 
grove  Field,  where  he  lost  his  life.  It  consists  of  a 
large  block  of  Portland  stone,  sixteen  feet  high,  sur- 
mounted by  a  ceppo  cap,  and  resting  on  a  massive 
plinth  of  the  same  material.  On  the  side  of  the  mon- 
ument and  facing  Warpsgrove,  is  his  medallion  portrait 
in  bold  relief ;  on  the  opposite  side  are  his  arms ;  on  the 
third,  the  names  of  the  subscribers  by  whom  the  mon- 


*  When  Sir  Cloudesly  set  out  on  the  expedition  in  -which  he  lost  his  life, 
there  was  a  form  of  prayer  composed  by  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury 
(Thomas  Tenison)  for  the* success  of  the  fleet,  in  which  his  grace  made  use 
of  this  unlucky  expression—"  That  he  begged  God  to  be  a  rock  of  defence 
to  the  fleet,"  which  occasioned  the  following  lines  to  be  made  upon  the 
monument  set  up  for  him  in  Westminster  Abbey,  he  being  cast  away  in  that 
expedition,  on  the  rocks  called  "  The  Bishop  and  his  Clerks,"  and  his  bodv 
found  a  few  days  afterwards  : — 

"  As  Lambeth  prayed,  such  was  the  dire  event, 
Else  had  we  wanted  now  this  Monument ; 
That  God  unto  our  fleet  would  be  a  rock, 
Xor  did  kind  Heaven  the  fond  petition  mock. 
To  what  the  Metropolitan  said  then, 
The  Bishop  and  his  Clerks  replied  '  Amen.'  " 


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ument  is  raised ;  and  on  the  fourth  side  is  the  following 
inscription,  from  the  pen  of  Lord  Nugent : — 

"  Here,  in  this  field  of  Chalgrove,  John  Hampden, 
after  an  able  and  strenuous,  but  unsuccessful  resistance 
in  Parliament,  and  before  the  Judges  of  the  land,  to  the 
measures  of  an  arbitrary  court,  first  took  arms,  assem- 
bling the  levies  of  the  associated  counties  of  Bucking- 
ham and  Oxford,  in  1642.  And  here,  within  a  few 
paces  of  this  spot,  he  received  the  wound  of  which  he 
died,  while  fighting  in  defence  of  the  free  monarchy 
and  ancient  liberties  of  England,  June  18th,  1643.  In 
the  two-hundredth  year  from  that  day,  this  stone  was 
raised  in  reverence  to  his  memory." — The  Mirror  for 
1843. 


Inscription  on  the  monument  to  Captain  Faulknor, 
in  St.  Paul's : — 

"  This  Monument  was  erected 
by  the  British  Parliament 
to  commemorate  the  gallant  conduct 
of  Captain  Bobert  Faulknor, 
who  on  the  5th  of  January,  1795, 
in  the  32nd  year  of  his  age, 
and  in  the  moment  of  victory,  was  killed  on  board  the 
Blanche  Frigate,  while  he  was  engaging  La  Pique, 
a  French  Frigate,  of  very  superior  force. 
The  circumstances  of  determined  bravery  that  distin- 
guished this  action,  which  lasted  five  hours,  deserve 

to  be  recorded. 

Captain  Faulknor,  observing  the  great  superiority 

of  the  enemy,  and  having  lost  most  of  his  mast  and 

rigging,  watched  an  opportunity  of  the  bowsprit 

of  La  Pique  coming  athwart  the  Blanche,  and 

with  his  own  hands  lashed  it  to  the  capstern,  and  thus 

converted  the  whole  stern  of  the  Blanche  into 

one  battery  ;  but  unfortunately,  soon  after  this  bold  and 

daring  manoeuvre, 

he  was  shot  through  the  heart." 


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In  St.  Paul's  is  a  statue  of  Admiral  Lord  Duxcax  : 
he  is  represented  with  his  boat- cloak  or  dreadnought 
around  him,  his  hands  grasping  his  sword,  which  is  laid 
across  him.  The  pedestal  represents  in  alto-relievo,  a 
sailor,  with  his  wife  and  child ;  indicating  the  venera- 
tion felt  for  this  illustrious  man  by  the  humblest  seamen 
and  their  families.     The  following  is  the  inscription  : — 

"Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

Adah,  Lord  Viscount  Duxcan, 

as  a  testimony  of  his  distinguished  eminence 

in  the  naval  service  of  his  country ; 

and   as    a   particular   memorial   of  the 

glorious  and  important  victoiy 

which  he  gained  over  the  Dutch  fleet, 

on  the  11th  of  October,  1797. 

He   died  on   the    4th  Aug.,    1804. 


In  Bombay  Cathedral  is  a  monument  from  the  chisel 
of  Mr.  Badly,  B.A.,  to  the  memory  of  Major  Eldeed 
Pottixgee,  C.B.,  of  which  the  following  is  the  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"  This  Monument  erected  by  Public  Subscription  to 
the  memory  of  Major  Eldeed  Pottixgee,  C.B.,  of  the 
Bombay  Begiment  of  Artillery,  is  placed  in  the  cathe- 
dral church  of  Bombay,  in  token  of  the  admiration  and 
respect  in  which  his  character  as  a  soldier,  and  conduct 
as  a  man,  are  held  by  his  friends  in  the  Presidency." 

"  Major  Pottinger's  successful  defence  of  Kerat,  his 
gallant  bearing,  and  judicious  counsel,  throughout  the 
eventful  period  of  the  British  reverses  in  Afghanistan, 
are  recorded  in  the  annals  of  his  country,  and  need  no 
eulogium  here.  The  recollection  of  those  services  must 
add  to  the  regret  universally  felt,  that  one  whose  early 
career  gave  such  promise  of  future  eminence  and  distinc- 
tion, should  have  found  a  premature  grave.  Compelled 
by  long  exertion,  anxiety,  and  fatigue  in  the  discharge 
of  his  public  duties,  to  seek  a  change  of  climate  for  the 
recovery  of  his  health,  Major  Pottinger  was  returning 
to  England,  via  China,  when  he  was  attacked  by  a 
malignant  fever  at  Hong  Kong,  where  he  died  on  the 
13th  of  November,  1843,  aged  32  years." — Illustrated 
London  News. 


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In  the   cemetery   of  Pere   la   Chaise,   at   Paris,   on 
General  Foy  : — 

"Honneur  au  General  Foy, 

II  se  repose  de  ses  travaux, 

Et  ses  cenvres  le  suivent. 
Hier  quand  de  ses  jours  la  source  fut  tarie 
La  Prance,  en  le  voyant  sur  sa  couche  entendu, 
Implorait  un  accent  de  cette  voix  cherie. 
Helas  !  au  cri  plaintif  jete  par  la  nature, 
C'est  la  premiere  fois  qu'il  ne  pas  respondu." 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  Sir  Thomas  Picton, 
in  St.  Paul's  :— 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense 
to  Lieutenant-General  Sir  Thomas  Picton,  K.G.,  C.B., 

who,  after  distinguishing  himself  in  the  victories  of 

Buzaco,    Fuentes  de  Onor,    Ciudad  Rodrigo,   Badajoz, 

Vittoria,  the  Pyrenees,  Orthes,  and  Toulouse, 

terminated  his  long  and  glorious  military  service 

in  the  ever-memorable  battle  of  Waterloo, 

to  the  splendid  success  of  which 

his  genius  and  valour  eminently  contributed, 

On  the  18th  of  June,  1815.  " 


There  is  also  a  monument  to  Sir  Thomas  Picton", 
standing  at  the  West  end  of  the  town  of  Carmarthen.  The 
structure  stands  about  30  feet  high,  and  is  similar  to  Tra- 
jan's pillar  at  Rome,  and  is  built  of  black  marble.  On  the 
south  side  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Sir  Thomas  Pictoist, 

Knight  Grand  Cross  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Bath, 

Of  the  Portuguese  Order  of  the  Tower  and  Swords, 

and  of  other  foreign  Orders ; 

Lieutenant-General  in  the  British  Army,  and 

Member  of  Parliament  for  the  Borough  of 

Pembroke. 

Born  at  Poyston,  in  Pembrokeshire,  in  August, 

1758; 


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Died  at   Waterloo,   on  the   18th  of   June.    1815, 

Gloriously  fighting  for  his  country,  and  the 

liberties  of  Europe  ; 

Having  honourably  fulfilled,  on  behalf  of  the 

Public,  various  duties  in  various  dim: 

And  having  achieved  the  highest  military  renown 

in  the  Spanish  Peninsula, 

He  thrice  received  the  unanimous  thanks  of 

Parliament. 

And  a  Alonument  erected  by  the  British  nation 

in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral 

Commemorates  his  death  and  services. 

His  grateful  countrymen,  to  perpetuate  past  and 

incite  to  future  exertions, 

Have  raised  this  column,  under  the  auspices  of 

His  Majesty  King  George  the  Fourth. 

To  the  memory  of  a  hero  and  a  Welshman. 

The  plan   and   design  of  the  Monument   was  given 

by  our  countryman  John  Nash,  Esq..  F.K.S., 

Architect  to  the  King. 

The  ornaments  were  executed  bv 

E.  H.  Bailey.  Esq.  R.A. 

And  the  whole  was  executed  by  Mr.  Daniel  Alain  waring, 

of  the  town  of  Carmarthen. 

In   the   vears    1S26    and    1827." 


On  Captain  Cornwall,  slain  off  Toulon  in  1743. 
By  Lord  Eyttleton.) 

:  Though  Britain's  genius  hung  her  drooping  head, 
And  mourned  her  ancient  naval  glory  fled 
On  that  famed  day  when  France,  combined  with  Spain, 
Strove  for  the  wide  dominion  of  the  main  ; 
Yet,  Cornwall  !  all  with  general  voice  agree 
To  pav  the  tribute  of  applause  to  thee. 
AThen  his  bold  chief  in  thickest  fight  engaged, 
"Unequal  war  with  Spain's  proud  leader  waged, 
AYith  indignation  moved,  he  timely  came 
To  rescue  from  reproach  his  country's  name ; 
Success  too  dearly  did  his  valour  crown, 
He  saved  his  leader's  life,  but  lost  his  own." 


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In  the  crypt  of  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  on  the  Tomb  of 
Nelson,  there  is  only  inscribed — 

"Horatio  Viscount  Nelson." 

But  in  the  nave  of  the  Cathedral  is  a  splendid  monu- 
ment (by  Flaxman)  which  cost  £6,300.  The  admiral 
is  depicted  arrayed  in  the  robe  presented  to  him  by  the 
Sultan ;  he  leans  on  an  anchor,  and  a  rope  is  coiled  at 
his  feet.  On  one  side  of  the  pedestal  is  the  British 
Lion ;  on  the  other,  Britannia  is  pointing  two  young 
sailors  to  the  hero,  for  their  imitation.  On  the  pedestal 
itself  there  are  allegorical  representations  of  the  North 
Sea,  the  German  Ocean,  the  Nile,  and  the  Mediterranean. 
On  the  cornice,  the  words — u  Copenhagen — Nile — Tra- 
falgar."    On  the  base  is  this  inscription : — 

"Erected  at  the  public  expense 

to  the  memory  of 

Vice-Admiral  Hokatio,  Viscount  Nelson,  K.B. 

to  record  his  splendid  and  unparalleled  achievements 

during  a  life  spent  in  the  service  of  his  county, 

and  terminated  in  the  moment  of  victory  by  a  glorious 

death,  in  the  memorable  action  off  Cape  Trafalgar, 

on  the  21st  of  October,  1805. 

Lord  Nelson  was  born  on  the  29th  of  September,  1758. 

The  Battle  of  the  Nile  was  fought  on  the  1st  of  Aug.,  1798. 

The  Battle  of  Copenhagen  on  the  2nd  of  April,  1801." 


On  Lord  Collingwood' s  tomb  in   the   crypt  of  St. 
Paul's,  is  this  brief  inscription  : — 

"Cuthbert,  Lord  Collingwood,  died  7th March,  1810." 

In  the  south  transept  is  a  monument  erected  to  his 
meinour.     Subjoined  is  the  inscription  : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

Cuthbert,  Lord  Collingwood, 

"Who  died  in  the  command  of  the  fleet  in  the  Mediterranean, 

on  board  of  the  Ville-de-Paris, 

VII  March,  MDCCCX,  in  LXI  year  of  his  age. 

Wherever  he  served  he  was  distinguished  for  conduct, 

skill,  and  courage ;  particularly  in  the  action  with 

the  French  fleet,  June  1st,  MDCCXCIV, 


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as  Captain  of  the  Barfleur ; 

in  the  action  with  the  Spanish  fleet,  XIY  February, 

MDCCXCYII, 

as  Captain  of  the  Excellent ; 

but  most  conspicuously  in  the  decisive  victory  off 

Cape  Trafalgar,  obtained  over 

the  combined  fleets  of  France  and  Spain, 

to  which  he  eminently  contributed,   as   Tice- Admiral 

of  the  Blue,  commanding  the  larboard  division, 

XXI  October,  MDCCCV." 


Over  the  door  leading  to  the  cloisters  in  Westminster 
Abbey,  is  an  elegant  monument  ( by  Koubiliac]  to  the 
memory  of  Field  Marshal  AYade.  From  the  midst  of  a 
very  curious  pedestal,  on  which  is  affixed  a  medal,  arises 
a  Doric  column  of  red  marble,  crowned  with  an  urn ; 
this  column  is  adorned  with  a  trophy  composed  of  his 
various  ensigns  of  honour,  arms,  &c,  which  the  figure 
of  Time,  placed  on  the  left  side,  appears  ready  to  destroy, 
but  is  repulsed  by  another  figure  on  the  right,  which 
represents  Fame.  Several  ornaments  enrich  the  base, 
on  which  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"To  the  memory  of 

Geoege  Wade, 

Field-marshal  of  his   majesty's  forces, 

Lieutenant-general  of  the  ordnance, 
Colonel  of  his  majesty's  third  regiment 
of  dragoon  guards, 
Governor  of  Fort-William,   Fort- 
Augustus,  and  Fort-George, 
And  one  of  his  majesty's  most 
honourable  priw-council. 
He  died  14  March,  1748,  aged  75." 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  Colonel  Gokdox,  on 
the  field  of  Waterloo  : — 


ARMY  &  NAVY  OFFICERS. 


"Sacred  to  the  memory 

of 

Lieut.-Col.  the  Hon.  Sir  Alex.  Gordon, 

Knight,   Commander  of  the  most  honourable 

Order  of  the  Bath, 

Aide-de-Camp  to  Field  Marshal  Duke  of 

Wellington, 

and  third  brother  to  George,  Earl  of  Aberdeen, 

who  in  the  29  th  year  of  his  age, 

terminated  a  short  but  glorious  career, 

on  the  18th  of  June,  1815, 

whilst  executing  the  orders  of  the  great  commander 

in  the  Battle  of  Waterloo. 

Distinguished  for  gallantry  and  good  conduct 

in  the  field,  he  was  honoured  with 

repeated  marks  of  approbation, 

by  the  illustrious  Hero, 

with  whom  he  shared  the  dangers  of  every  Battle 

in  Spain,  Portugal,  and  France, 

and  received  the  most  nattering  proofs  of 

his  confidence  on  many  trying   occasions. 

His  zeal  and  activity  in  the  service  obtained 

the    reward    of 

Ten  Medals, 

and  the  honourable  distinction  of  the  order 

of  the  Bath. 

He  was  justly  lamented  by  the  Duke  of 

Wellington,  in  his  public  despatch, 

as  an  officer  of  high  promise, 

and  a  serious  loss  to  his  country  : 

nor  less  worthy  of  record  were  his  virtues 

in  private  life ; 

His  unaffected  respect  for  religion  ; 

His  high  sense  of  honour ; 

His  scrupulous  integrity; 

and  the  more  amiable  qualities, 

which  secured  the  attachment  of  his  friends 

and  the  love  of  his  own  family. 

In  testimony  of  feelings  which  no  lan- 
guage can  relate, 
a  disconsolate  sister,  and  five  surviving  brothers 
have  erected  this  simple  monument, 
to  the  object  of  their  tenderest  affections." 


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Inscription  on  the  monument  of  Major  Caetweight, 
in  Finchley  Churchyard  : — 

"  In  this  place  are  deposited  the  remains  of  John 
Caetweight,  the  son  of  William  and  Ann  Cartwright, 
Commander  in  the  Royal  Navy,  and  many  years  Major 
in  the  Nottingham  Militia.  He  was  the  author  of  vari- 
ous works  on  legislation;  the  earliest,  most  strenuous, 
and  disinterested  Reformer  of  his  time ;  the  intrepid 
advocate  for  liberty,  whose  labours  for  the  public  good 
terminated  only  with  his  life,  on  the  23rd  of  Septem- 
ber, 1834;  aged  84.  Also  the  remains  of  his  beloved 
wife,  Anne  Catherine  Cartwright,  who  died  on  the  21st 
of  December,  1834." 


D'auvergne-Corret,  Theophilus  of  Latour,  one  of 
the  bravest  soldiers  mentioned  in  military  history,  who 
fought  under  Massena,  fell  at  Newbury  in  1800.  A 
monument  was  erected  on  the  spot  where  he  fell,  and 
the  inscription  upon  it  was  : — 

"Died  on  the  field  of  honour." 

Partington's.  Cyc.  of  Biog. 


Monument  to  Major- Generals  Goee  and  Skeeeett,  in 
St.  Paul's  Cathedral.  The  following  is  the  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

Major- Generals  Af.thue  Goee,  and  John  Byne  Skeeeett, 

who  fell  gloriously,  while  leading  the  troops 

to  the  assault  of  the  fortress  of  Bergen-op-Zoom, 

in  the  night  of  the   8th  and  9th  of   March,  1814." 


On   the  monument  to  Captain  Dttef,   in  St.  Paul's, 
Britannia  is  represented  decorating  a  sarcophagus,  on 


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which  is  a  medallion  of  the  deceased  hero,  with  laurel ; 
a  sailor,  with  his  flag,  is  lamenting  the  loss  of  his 
commander.     Beneath  is  inscribed  : — 

"Erected  at  the  public  expense 

to  the  memory  of 

Captain  George  Duff, 

who  was  killed  21st  October, 

1805, 

commanding  the  Mars, 

in   the   battle   of   Trafalgar, 

in  the   42nd   year   of  his   age, 

and   the   29th    of   his    service." 


On  the  tabular  monument  in  St.  Paul's,  erected  to 
Captain  Hardinge,  is  inscribed  : — 

"  National. 
To  Geo.  IN".  Hardinge,   Esq., 
Captain  of  the  Fiorenza,  36  guns,  186  men,  who  attacked 

on  three  successive  days  La  Piedmontaise,  50  guns, 

566  men,  and  fell  near  Ceylon,  in  the  path  to  victory, 

8th  March,  1808,  aged  28  years." 


In  Saffron  Walden  church,  in  Essex,  is  a  monument 
to  the  Hon.  H.  A.  Neville,  and  the  Hon.  Grey  Neville. 
It  consists  of  an  elaborate  Gothic  sarcophagus  ;  on  the 
cornice  is  placed  the  bear  skin  cap,  sword,  and  sash  of 
the  Hon.  H.  Aldworth  Neville,  captain  in  the  grenadier 
guards;  and  on  the  opposite  side,  the  helmet,  sword, 
and  sash  of  the  Hon.  Grey  Neville,  colonel  in  the  5th 
dragoon  guards ;  and  above  these  are  placed  the  flags  of 
the  army  and  the  regiment,  thus  forming  a  pyramidical 
group.  The  whole  weighs  about  one  ton,  with  scarcely 
a  speck  of  colour  to  be  found  on  it — very  unusual  in 
so  spacious  a  monument ;  it  is  nearly  nine  feet  in  height, 
and  six  feet  in  width,  and  projects  18  inches  from  the 
wall.     This  inscription  is  on  the  tablet : — 


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"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  two  gallant  young  officers, 
the  third  and  fifth  sons  of  Lord  and  Lady  Braybrooke, 
who,  having  accompanied  their  regiments  to  the  Crimea, 
were  both  cut  off  in  the  short  space  of  one  week,  while 
nobly  fighting  for  their  Queen  and  Country.  The 
Hon.  Henry  Aldworth  Neville,  Captain  in  the 
Grenadier  Guards,  after  sharing  in  the  glories  of  the 
memorable  day  at  Alma,  was  mortally  wounded  at  the 
battle  of  Inkermann,  Nov.  5th,  1854,  and  expired  a  few 
hours  after  ;  aged  thirty. 

"  The  Hon.  Grey  Neville,  Cornet  in  the  5th  Dragoon 
Guards,  died  in  the  hospital  at  Scutari,  Nov.  11th,  1854, 
of  wounds  received  in  the  charge  of  the  heavy  cavalry 
at  Balaclava,  Oct.  25th,  aged  twenty-four." 

"  In  the  sight  of  the  unwise  they  seemed  to  die,  and 
their  departure  is  taken  for  misery,  and  their  going  from 
us  to  be  utter  destruction,  but  they  are  in  peace."  Wis- 
dom iii.  2,  3. — The  Illustrated  London  New*. 


Translation  of  the  Latin  epitaph,  on  the  Duke  of 
Marlborough,  who  died  June,  1722,  aged  71,  and 
was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey  : — 

"Reader,  whate'er  thy  clime,  no  stranger's  here: 
'Tis  Marlborough's  dust  demands  the  generous  tear, 
Bavaria,  Spain,  the  German,  Belgic  lord, 
And  haughty  Gaul,  or  fear'd  him,  or  adored. 
This  narrow  urn  confines  the  mighty  dead ; 
In  this,  his  country's  pride,  and  glory's  laid : 
By  him,  loud  Ister,  as  he  rolls,  proclaims, 
Freedom  restored  to  Ganges,  and  the  Thames. 
He  taught  the  British  Lion  where  to  roar ; 
The  German  eagle  his  dread  thunder  bore. 

In  war's  dire  chance  no  sad  reverse  he  found ; 
Fortune,  the  favourite  chief  for  ever  crown'd. 
His  form  here  yields  to  fate !  his  fame  shall  grow, 
When  Mosa,  or  when  Ister  cease  to  flow. 
Lo  !  kings  and  bards  their  ashes  round  him  blend, 
Ambitious  once  the  hero  to  befriend, 
That  on  the  Gaulish  tyrant  vengeance  hurl'd, 
The  soul  of  Britain,  Europe,  and  the  world." 


ARMY  &  NAVY  OFFICERS. 


Inscription  on  a  tablet  in  Langley  church,  Derby- 
shire : — 

"  The  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Officers  of  H.  M.  75th 
Regiment,  to  their  late  comrade  and  brother  officer, 
"William  Meynell,  Senior  Lieutenant,  who,  a  volunteer, 
on  leave  from  his  regiment  in  India,  fell  gloriously  at 
Giurgevo,  on  the  Danube,  the  7th  day  of  July,  1854, 
aged  28,  whilst  gallantly  leading  a  party  of  Turks 
against  the  Eussians.  This  tablet  is  erected  as  a  mark 
of  their  affectionate  regard  and  esteem,  and  of  the  deep 
regret  they  feel  at  his  untimely  but  glorious  fate." 


In  Adlington  church,  near  Horwich,  is  a  beautifully 
executed  mural  marble  monument,  inscribed  as  follows : — 

"  Erected  by  the  inhabitants  of  Adlington,  and  its 
vicinity,  to  the  memory  of  Robert  John  Browne- 
Clayton,  Lieutenant  34th  Regiment,  only  son  of  Richard 
and  Catherine  Browne-Clayton,  of  Adlington-hall,  in 
this  parish,  and  Carigbyrne,  county  of  Wexford,  Ire- 
land, who  died  on  the  12th  of  July,  1855,  of  wounds 
received  at  the  siege  of  Sebastopol,  aged  20  years.  At 
his  country's  call,  and  in  obedience  to  the  claims  of 
honour  and  duty,  he  accompanied  his  regiment  to  the 
Crimea.  On  landing  he  was  attached  to  the  Light 
Division.  He  performed  the  duties  of  the  siege  in  the 
advanced  trenches ;  was  twice  called  to  lead,  with  the 
officers  of  his  regiment,  a  storming  party — first,  at  the 
attack  and  capture  of  the  Quarries  and  Rifle  Pits,  on 
the  7th  of  June — the  second  time,  at  the  memorable 
assault  on  the  Redan  battery,  18th  June,  when  he  was 
mortally  wounded.  He  resigned  himself  in  peace  and 
hope  into  the  hands  of  his  Maker,  humbly  trusting, 
through  the  merits  of  his  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  to 
inherit  the  joys  of  eternity.  May  this  reminiscence  of 
him  prove  a  consolation  to  his  family  and  friends  ;  and 
this  tablet  to  his  memory,  a  proof  ( if  such  were  needed) 
that  the  man  who  sacrifices  private  interest  to  the 
public  welfare  will  ever  live_  in  the  affections  of  a 
grateful  country." — The  Illustrated  London  News. 


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Inscription  for  a  tomb  to  the  memory  of  Captain 
Hewktsow,  of  the  ship  "  Town  of  UJ version."  [  By  James 
Montgomery' : — 

"  TVeep  for  a  seaman,  honest  and  sincere. 
Not  cast  avray.  but  brought  to  anchor  here ; 
Storms  had  o'erwhemied  him,  but  the  conscious  wave 
Repented,  and  consigned  him  to  the  grave ; 
In  harbour.  Bafe  from  shipwreck,  now  he  lies, 
Till  time's  last  signal  blazes  through  the  skies ; 
Refitted  in  a  moment,  then  shall  he 
Sail  from  this  port,  on  an  eternal  sea.  " 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  tabular  monument  to 
Major-General  Bowes.  He  is  represented  in  the  act  of 
aing  the  forts  of  Salamanca.  There  is  the  steep 
breach  of  a  shattered  wall,  crowded  with  the  enemy, 
and  covered  with  the  slain :  the  general  is  leading  his 
troops  on  to  the  charge  with  fixed  bayonet-,  at  his  feet 
lies  the  French  standard-bearer,  who  has  fallen ;  but  in 
the  very  moment  of  victory  he  himself  receives  a  mor- 
tal wound,  and  sinks  into  the  arms  of  one  of  his  soldiers. 
The  inscription  runs  thus  :  — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

M  ;:  or-General  Beexaed  Fooed  Bowes. 

who  fell  gloriously,  on  the  27th  of  June,  1812, 

while  leading  the  troops  to  the  assault   of  the  forts  of 

Salamanca." 


Inscription  on  the  monument  to  Captain  Bueges, 
St.  Paul's:— 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Richaed  Rexdee  Bueoes.  Esquire, 

Commander  of  His  Majesty's  Ship  the  Ardent, 

who  fell  in  the  43rd  year  of  his  age, 

while   bravely    supporting   the   honour 

of  the  British  flag 


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In  a  daring  and  successful  attempt  to  break  the  enemy's 

line  near  Camperdown, 

on  the  11th  of  October,  1797. 

His  skill,  coolness,  and  intrepidity  eminently  contributed 

to  a  victory, 

equally  advantageous  and  glorious  to  his  country. 

That  grateful  country, 

by  the  unanimous  act  of  the  Legislature, 

enrols  his  name 

high  in  the  list  of  those  heroes, 

who  under  the  blessing  of  Providence 

have  established  and  maintained  her  naval  superiority, 

and  her  exalted  rank  among  nations." 


Edward  Montague,  Earl  of  Sandwich,  was  killed 
by  the  blowing  up  of  his  ship,  "  the  Eoyal  James,"  in 
the  second  Dutch  war,  May  28th,  1672,  aged  76.  His 
body  was  found  at  sea  a  fortnight  afterwards,  and  the 
king  honoured  his  remains  with  a  public  funeral.  His 
remains  were  interred  in  the  duke  of  Albemarle's  vault, 
on  the  north  side  of  king  Henry  the  seventh's  chapel. 
His  epitaph  : — 

"  Adorn' d  with  titles,  but  from  virtue  great; 
At  sea  a  Neptune,  Nestor  in  the  state  ; 
Alike  in  council,  and  in  fight,  renown'd; 
In  action  always,  with  success  still  crown' d  ; 
A  soldier,  sailor,  statesman, — Here  he  lies; 
No  heart  more  honest,  and  no  head  more  wise  : 
Though  brave,  yet  gentle  ;   though  sincere,  not  rude ; 
Justice  in  camps,  and  truth  in  courts,  pursued. 
Living,  he  rais'd  a  deathless,  spotless  name, 
And  dying,  soar'd  above  the  reach  of  fame. 

Reader,  if  English,  stop  the  falling  tear ! 
Grief  should  not  wait  on  him  who  felt  no  fear  : 

He  wants  no  pity could  his  ashes  speak, 

These  generous  sounds  would  from  the  marble  break, 
'  Go,  serve  thy  country  while  God  spares  thee  breath ; 
Live,  as  I  liv'd,  and  so  deserve  my  death.'  " 

Burners  Naval  Heroes. 


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Inscription 
St.  Paul's  :— 


on    Lord   St.  Vnrcran's   monument,   in 


•  •  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 
Joh>~,  Earl  of  St.  Vnrcmrr, 

as  a  testimony  of  his  distinguished  eminence  in  the 
naval  service  of  his  country, 
and  as  a  particular  memorial  of  the  glorious  and  impor- 
tant victory  which  he  gained  over  the  Spanish  fleet, 
off  Cape  St.  Vincent,  on  the   14th  of  Februarv,  1797. 
He  died  on  the  13th  of  March,  1823."" 


Monument  to  the  memory  of  Captain  Buteee,  the 
gallant  defender  of  Silistria,  and  his  two  brothers. 
This  mural  tablet  has  been  erected  in  the  parish  church 
of  Thomastown.  county  Kilkenny.  It  consists  of  a 
groundwork  of  black  marble,  containing  a  scroll  in 
white  marble,  bearing  this  inscription  : — 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

He>~ry  Thomas,  Chaexes  Geoege, 

and  James  Aemae, 

Beloved  and  Lamented  Sons  of  Lieut. -General  the 

Hon.  Henry  Edward  Butler,  and  Grandsons  of 

Henry  Thomas,  2nd  Earl  of  Carrick. 

Hexey  Thomas  Buteee, 

Captain  in  the  55th  Regiment, 

And  Deputy-Assistant  Adjutant  General, 

Served  in  the  Campaign  in  China, 

and  was  killed  at  the  Battle  of  Inkermann,  the  5th  Xov., 

1854,  whilst  gallantly  and  nobly  performing 

his  duty,  aged  42  years. 

Chaeles  Geoege   Buteee, 

Captain  in  the  86th  Regiment, 

Died  of  fever,   at  Bombay,   the  17th  December,  1854, 

Aged  31  years.     He  served  in  Scinde. 

James  Aemae.  Buteee, 

Captain  in  the  Ceylon  Rifle  Regiment, 

Served  in  Caftreland,  and  died  the  21st  June,  1854,  at 

Silistria,  on  the  Danube,  aged  27  years, 

of  wounds  he  received  whilst  aiding  the  Turks 

in  their  memorable  and  successful  defence  of  that 


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Fortress.     By  his  prudence,  courage,  skill,  ability, 

and  intrepid  daring,  this  young  Volunteer, 

Assisted  by  his  gallant  friend  and  brother  officer, 

infused  into  the  garrison  that  spirit  of  heroic  resistance 

which  led  to  its  triumphant  defence  ; 

(  The  words  of  Field-Marshal  the  Lord  Eaglan, 

and  of  General  Viscount  Hardinge). 

After    having    defeated    the    last    effort 

made  by  a  numerous  and  powerful  Russian  army 

He  was  mortally  wounded, 

And  was  mournfully  followed  to  the  grave  by  the 

Brave  men  whom  he  had  so  often  led  to  victory. 

'  They  were  lovely  and  pleasant  in  their  lives,   and  in 

their  death  they  were  not  divided.'  II  Sam.  i.  23. 
'  He  calleth  His  own  sheep  by  name  and  leadeth  them 

out.'  John  x.  3. 
'  The  righteous  hath  hope  in  His  death.'  Prov  xiv.  13." 

The  Illustrated  London  News,  April  26,  1856. 


In  Fillingham  churchyard,  in  Lincolnshire,  is  a  highly 
decorated  Gothic  monument,  to  Major  Dalton,  with  this 
inscription  : — 

"  In  memory  of  Thomas  Norcliite  Dalton,  aged 
thirty-five  (third  son  of  John  Dalton,  Esq.,  of  Slening- 
ford  Park,  Yorkshire,  and  of  Fillingham  Castle,  Lin- 
colnshire), late  Senior  Major  of  the  49th. 

"  Major  Dalton  served  with  distinction  in  India,  with 
the  61st,  during  the  Punjaub  campaign  of  1848 — 49, 
taking  part  in  the  battles  of  Sadoolapore,  Chillianwallah, 
and  Goozerat,  for  which  he  received  a  medal  and  two 
clasps.  Following  up  this  career  of  glory  in  the  Crimea, 
he  fought  gallantly  at  the  Alma ;  and  was  killed  while 
heading  a  charge  at  Inkermann,  Nov.  5th,  1854 — 
carrying  with  him  the  deep  regrets  of  the  brave  49th, 
and  of  all  who  knew  him. 

"  This  Monument  was  erected  by  the  grateful  tenantry 
of  John  Dalton,  Esq." — The  Illus.  Lon.  News,  1855. 


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In  the  cemetery  of  Pere  la  Chaise,  Paris,  lie  buried 
many  of  the  warriors,  the  statesmen,  the  philosophers, 
and  the  musicians  of  France.  It  was  to  this  cemetery 
that  the  body  of  Marshal  2vey  was  conveyed  after  his 
death,  and  where,  sometime  after,  a  splendid  monument 
was  erected  to  his  memory,  which  was  visited  by  mul- 
titudes, like  the  saintly  shrines  of  old,  the  surrounding 
spot  being  always  covered  with  fresh  flowers,  while 
garlands  adorned  the  mausoleum,  being  the  tributary 
offerings  of  those  who  came  to  view  the  solemn  sanctu- 
ary of  the  dead.  This  enthusiasm  was,  however,  soon 
followed  by  a  different  mode  of  proceeding ;  the  white 
marble  being  incessantly  covered  over  with  the  most 
dreadful  anathemas  and  cutting  sarcasms  against  the 
king  and  the  royal  family.  In  vain  were  they  obliterated, 
on  the  ensuing  day  the  marble  was  found  covered  afresh, 
so  that  in  the  end,  government  issued  orders  that  the 
tomb  should  be  removed,  which  was  accordingly  done, 
nothing  now  remaining  to  designate  the  spot  of  earth 
under  which  moulder  the  ashes  of  the  "bravest  of  the 
brave,"  but  the  fond  recollection  of  the  sorrowing 
million.  ITpon  visiting  Pere  la  Chaise,  ask  the  first 
stranger  you  meet  for  the  tomb  of  Ney,  and  he  will 
conduct  you  to  the  unadorned  spot,  being  a  cenotaph 
more  honourable  than  all  the  sculptor's  art  could  produce, 
— a  tomb  raised  on  popular  affection,  whose  epitaph  is 
registered  on  the  bleeding  heart.  Marshal  Key's  last 
resting-place  is  thus  described  : — "  It  is  in  an  obscure 
nook  of  the  cemetery;  many  of  the  tombs  are  very  large; 
in  general,  too,  they  are  very  splendid,  and  the  more  so 
from  the  Italian  marble,  of  which  they  are  commonly 
composed,  retaining  its  whiteness  to  the  last.  There 
is  a  magnificent  pyramid  above  Massena.  The  tombs 
of  Lefevre  and  Killer  man  are  not  unworthy  of  those 
who  rest  beneath  them  :  but  there  be  others  of  the 
foster-babes  of  fame,  that  sleep  without  a  head-stone. 
Although  I  searched  diligently  myself,  and  did  not 
spare  enquiries,  it  was  long  before  I  could  discover  the 
grave  of  Marshal  Ney.  The  workmen  I  asked  seemed 
to  dislike  the  task  of  pointing  it  out  to  me,  and  would 
only  give  me  general  directions  in  a  low  and  hesitating 
tone  of  voice.  At  length,  however,  I  found  it,  near  to 
the  grave  of  Manuel.  All  around,  the  sculptors  appeared 
to  have  '  exhausted  the  pomp  of  woe'  in  recording  the 


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death  of  men  unknown  to  glory ;  but  the  long  grass  and 
the  four  dark  cypresses  alone  mark  the  resting  place  of 
'the  bravest  of  the  brave.'  " — From  various  sources. 


Bethtjne,  duke  of  Sully,  the  constant  companion  of 
Henry  IV.  of  France,  died  Dec.  22nd,  1641,  aged  83, 
and  his  duchess  caused  a  statue  to  be  erected  over  his 
burying-place,  with  this  inscription  : — 

"Here  lies  the  body  of  the  most  high,  most  puissant, 
and  most  illustrious  lord,  Maximilian  de  Bethune, 
Marquis  of  Rosni,  who  shared  in  all  the  fortunes  of 
King  Henry  the  Great,  among  which  was  that  memo- 
rable battle  which  gave  the  crown  to  the  victor,  where 
by  his  valour,  he  gained  the  white  standard,  and  took 
several  prisoners  of  distinction.  He  was  by  that  great 
Monarch,  in  reward  of  his  many  virtues  and  distin- 
guished merit,  honoured  with  the  dignities  of  duke, 
peer,  and  marshal  of  France,  with  the  governments  of 
the  Upper  and  Lower  Poitou,  with  the  office  of  grand 
master  of  the  ordnance,  in  which,  bearing  the  thunder 
of  his  Jupiter,  he  took  the  castle  of  Montmelian,  till 
then  believed  impregnable,  and  many  other  fortresses  of 
Savoy.  He  was  likewise  made  superintendent  of  the 
finances,  which  office  he  discharged  singly,  with  a  wise 
and  prudent  economy,  and  continued  his  faithful  services 
till  that  unfortunate  day  when  the  Csesar  of  the  French 
nation  lost  his  life  by  the  hand  of  a  parricide.  After 
the  lamented  death  of  that  great  King,  he  retired  from 
public  affairs,  and  past  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  ease 
and  tranquility." — Partington's  Cyc.  of  Biog. 


Inscription   on   the  monument  to  Sir  Ralph  Aber- 
cromby,  in  St   Paul's  Cathedral : — 

"Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

Lieutenant   General   Sir  Ralph  Abercromby,   K.B. 

Commander-in-Chief  of  an  Expedition  directed  against 

the  French  in  Egypt ;  who  having  surmounted  with 


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consummate  ability  and  valour  the  obstacles  opposed  to 
his  landing  by  local  difficulties,  and  a  powerful  and 

well-prepared  enemy  ; 

and  having  successfully  established  and  maintained 

the  successive  positions  necessary  for   conducting  his 

further  operations,  resisted,  with  signal  advantage, 

a  desperate  attack  of  chosen  and  veteran  troops, 

on  the  21st  of  March,   1801, 

when  he  received  in  the  engagement  a  mortal  wound, 

but  remained  on  the  field,  guiding  by  his  direction, 

and  animating  by  his  presence,  the  brave  troops  under 

his  command,  until  they  had  achieved  the 

brilliant  and  important  victory  obtained  on  that 

memorable  day. 

The  former  actions  of  a  life  spent  in  the  service  of 

his  country,  and  thus  gloriously  terminated, 

were  distinguished  by  the  same  military  skill,  and  by 

equal  zeal  for  the  public  service,  particularly 

during  the  campaigns  in  the  Netherlands,  in  1793  and  94 ; 

in  the  West  Indies  in  1796  and  97 ;  and  in  Holland 

in  1799;  in  the  last  of  which, 

the  distinguished  gallantry  and  ability  with  which 

he  effected  his  landing  on  the  Dutch  Coast, 

established  his  position  in  the  face  of  a  powerful  enemy, 

and  secured  the  command  of  the  principal  fort 

and  arsenal  of  the  Dutch  Republic,  were  acknowledged 

and  honoured  by  the  thanks  of  both  Houses  of 

Parliament. 

Sir  Ealph  Abercromby  expired  on  board  the  Foudroyant, 

the  28th  of  March,  1801,  in  his  66th  year."* 


Sir  John  Mooee,  has  a  noble  monument  in  St.  Paul's, 
which  cost  £4,200.  Valour  and  Victory  are  represented 
lowering  him  into  his  grave,  by  entwined  laurel,  and 
the  Genius  of  Spain  plants  her  standard  over  his  tomb. 
Beneath  is  inscribed  : — 


*  His  body  was  buried  under  the  walls  of  the  castle  of  St  Elmo,  near 
the  town  of  La  Valetta,  in  Malta. 


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"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Licutenant-General  Sir  John  Moore,  K.B. 

who  was  born  at  Glasgow,  1761. 

He  fought  for  his  Country 

in  America,  in  Corsica,  in  the  West  Indies, 

in  Holland,  Egypt,  and  Spain  ; 

and  on  the  16th  of  January,  1809, 

was  slain  by  a  cannon  ball 

at  Corunna." 


Monument  to  Lord  Rodney,  in  St.  Paul's.  The  group 
represents  History  seated,  and  recording  the  achieve- 
ments of  the  hero,  as  Fame  narrates  them,  pointing 
to  his  statue  while  she  speaks.  On  the  pedestal  is 
written : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense  to  the  memory  of 

George  Brydges  Rodney,  K.B. 

Lord  Rodney,  Vice- Admiral  of  England, 

as  a  testimony  of  the  gallant  and  important  services 

which  he  rendered  to  his  country  in  many  memorable 

engagements,  and  especially  in  that  of  12th  April,  1782, 

when  a  brilliant  and  decisive  victory  was  obtained 

over  the  French  fleet, 

and  an  effectual  protection  was  afforded  to  the  West 

Indian  Islands,  and  to  the  commercial  interests  of 

this  Kingdom,  in  the  very  crisis  of  the  American  war. 

Lord  Rodney  was  born  in  1718  : — died  24th  of  May, 

1792." 


At  Maidstone,  in  Kent,  is  a  monument  to  Captain 
Nolan,  who  fell  at  Balaclava,  bearing  the  following 
inscription  : — 

"  In  memory  of 

Lewis  Edward  Nolan, 

Captain  in  the  15th,  or  King's  Hussars, 

And  A.  D.  C.    to   Major- General   Airey, 

Quarter- Master  General  to  the  Forces 

In  the  Crimea. 


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He  feU  at  the  Head  of 
The    Light    Cavalry    Brigade 

In  the  Charge  at  Balaclava, 

On   the   25th    October,     1854, 

Aged  36. 

General    Sir    George    Berkeley,    K.C.B. 

(On  whose  Staff  he  Served  in  India), 

General  Airey, 

His  brother  Officers  and  Friends, 

Have  erected  this  Tablet 

As  a  slight  Tribute  of  the  Esteem 

And  affectionate  Regard 

For   the   Memory   of    One 

Of  the  most  Gallant,  Intelligent, 

And  Energetic  Officers 

In  Her  Majesty's  Service.  " 

The  Illustrated  London  Neivs. 


In  St.  Paul's  is  a  monument  to  Maj. -General  Hoghton, 
vrho  received  a  mortal  wound  in  the  very  moment  of 
victory,  and  expired  on  the  field.     The  inscription  is : — 

"Erected  at  the  public  expense,  to  the  memory  of 

Major-General  Daxiel  Hoghtox, 
who  fell  gloriously,  16th  May,  1811,  at  Albuera." 


Inscribed  on  a  plain  tablet  in  AYestminster  Abbey, 
erected  to  Sir  Palmes  Faieboxes  (by  John  Dryden) : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  immortal  memory  of  Sib  Palmes 
Faieboxes,  Knight,  Governor  of  Tangier ;  in  execution 
of  which  command  he  was  mortally  wounded  by  a  shot 
from  the  Moors,  then  besieging  the  town,  in  the  forty- 
sixth  year  of  his  age,  Oct.  24,  1680. 

"Ye  sacred  Relics  !  which  your  marble  keep 
Here,  undisturb'd  by  wars,  in  quiet  sleep ; 
Discharge  the  trust  which,  when  it  was  below, 
Faieboxes'  undaunted  soul  did  undergo, 
And  be  the  town's  Palladium  from  the  foe. 


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Alive  and  dead  these  walls  he  will  defend ; 
Great  actions,  great  examples  mnst  attend. 
The  Candian  siege  his  early  valonr  knew, 
"Where  Turkish  blood  did  his  young  hands  imbrue  : 
From  thence  returning  with  deserved  applause, 
Against  the  Moors  his  well-flesh' d  sword  he  draws 
The  same  the  courage,  and  the  same  the  cause. 
His  youth  and  age,  his  life  and  death,  combine,  } 
As  in  some  great  and  regular  design,  > 

All  of  a  piece  throughout,  and  all  divine.  ) 

Still  nearer  Heaven  his  virtues  shone  more  bright, 
Like  rising  flames,  expanding  in  their  height ; 
The  Martyr's  glory  crown' d  the  soldier's  fight. 
More  bravely  British  general  never  fell, 
Nor  general's  death  was  e'er  revenged  so  well; 
Which  his  pleased  eyes  beheld  before  their  close, 
Follow' d  by  thousand  victims  of  his  foes. 

To  his  lamented  loss  for  time  to  come, 
His  pious  widow  consecrates  this  tomb." 


In  the  village  church  of  Carrisbrook,  Isle  of  Wight, 
there  is  a  small  wooden  tablet,  hanging  against  one  of 
the  pillars,  having  an  allegorical  representation  and 
inscription  painted  on  it,  which,  however  fanciful,  has 
the  merit  of  being  just  to  the  profession  of  the  person 
it  commemorates.  At  the  top  is  the  figure  of  a  ship 
with  a  man  sitting  on  the  deck — a  crown  of  glory 
suspended  over  his  head — "  Fides"  is  written  on  the 
sails — "  Verbum  Dei"  on  the  compass,  and  "  Spes"  on 
the  anchor,  &c. ;  and  under  the  ship  is  the  following 
inscription : — 

"Here  lieth  the  body  of  the  Right  Worthy  Wm. 
Keeling,  Esq.,  Groom  of  the  Chamber  to  our  Sovereign 
Lord  King  James.  General  for  the  Hon.  East  India 
Adventures.  Whither  he  was  thrice  by  them  employed, 
and  dying  in  this  Isle  at  the  age  of  42,  An.  1619,  Sept. 
19 — hath  this  remembrance  here  fixed  by  his  loving 
and  sorrowful  wife  Ann  Keeling — 

1  Fortie  and  two  years  in  this  vessel  fraile 
On  the  rough  seas  of  life  did  Keeling  saile 


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A  merchant  fortunate — a  captain  bould, 

A  courtier  gracious,  yet,  alas  !    not  old. 

Such  wealth,  experience,  honour,  and  high  praise, 

Few  winne  in  twice  so  many  years  or  days, 

For  what  the  world  admired,  he  deem'd  but  drosse 

For  Christ,  without  Christ  all  his  gains  but  losse, 

For  him  and  his  love  with  merrie  cheere, 

To  the  holy  land  his  last  course  he  did  steer. 

Faith  served  for  sails,  the  sacred  word  card, 

Hope  was  his  Anchor,  Glorie  his  reward, 

And  thus  with  gales  of  grace  by  happy  venter, 

Through  straits  of  death,  heav'n's  harbour  he  did  enter. 


In  St.  Paul's  is  a  monument  to  General  Elliot,  Lord 
Heathneld,  and  the  inscription  upon  it  is  : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense 

to  the  memory  of 

General  Geo.  Aug.  Elliot,  Lord  Heathneld,  TLB. 

in  testimony  of  the  important  services  which  he  rendered 

to  his  country  by  his  brave  and  gallant  defence  of 

Gibraltar,  of  which  he  was  Governor, 

against  the  combined  attack  of  the  French  and  Spanish 

forces,  on  the  13th  September,  1782. 

He  died  on  the  6th  July,  1790." 


In  the  chapel  of  Greenwich  Hospital  is  a  monument 
to  Sin  It.  G.  Keats,  from  the  chisel  of  Chantrey.  It 
is  hewn  out  of  a  block  of  marble,  about  9  feet  in  height, 
surmounted  by  a  bust  of  the  deceased.  On  one  side  is 
sculptured  a  sword,  and  on  the  other  a  trident ;  and 
immediately  in  front  is  the  following  inscription,  from 
the  pen  of  William  IV  :  — 

"  This  marble  is  erected  by 

King  William  IV., 

To    the    memory    of 

Admiral  Sir  Richard  Goodwin  Keats,  G.C.B. 

Governor  of  this  Hospital, 


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Who  was  his  Majesty's  shipmate  aud  watchniate  on 

board  the  Prince  George,  of  110  guns, 

In  which  the  Admiral  served  as  Lieutenant, 

And  the  King  as  Midshipman, 

From  June  1779,  to  November  1781. 

In  commemorating 

This  early  period  of  their  respective  careers,  the 

King  desires  also  to  record  his  esteem  for  the 

exemplary  character  of  a  friend, 

And  his  grateful  sense 

of  the  valuable  services  rendered  to  his  country  by  a 

highly-distinguished  and  gallant  Officer. 

Died  April  5th,  1834.      Aged  77  years." 


On  Captain  Wilson,  at  Rotherhithe  : — 

"  Captain  PIenry  Wilson, 

Who  died  10th  day  of  May,  1810, 

Aged  70  years, 

Was  interred  at  Coy  ton,  near  Axininstor,  Devonshire. 

He  commanded  the  Hon.  East  India  Company's  Packet 

the  Antelope  when  Shipwrecked  on  the  Pelew  Islands, 

in  the  month  of  August,   1783, 

And  was  wonderfully  preserved,  together  with  all 

the  ship's  company,  amongst  strangers, 

in  a  land  unfrequented  and  unknown. 

Reader! 
Reflect  on  thy  life,  and  the  days  that  are  past,  and 
thou  wilt  assuredly  see  cause  to  acknowledge  that  there 
is  a  God  that  governs  the  earth  and  takes  notice  of  the 
ways  and  actions  of  men,  and  that  thou  hast  had  fre- 
quent occasion  wherein  to  declare  with  the  patriarch 
Jacob,  '  Surely  the  Lord  is  in  this  place  with  us.'  " 


In  Torryburn  churchyard,  Pifeshire,  is  part  of  an 
epitaph  remaining — a  part  was  very  absurdly  erased  by 
the  owner  of  the  burying  ground,  to  make  way  for  the 
names  of  some  of  his  kindred.  The  whole  epitaph 
formerly  ran  thus  : — 


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At  Anchor  now,  in  Death's  dark  road, 

Bides  honest  Captain  Hill, 
Who  served  his  King,  and  feared  his  God, 

With  upright  heart  and  will : 
In  social  life,  sincere  and  just, 

To  vice  of  no  kind  given ; 
So  that  his  better  part,  we  trust, 

Hath  made  the  Port  of  Heaven." — Mirror. 


Among  some  indifferent  verses  sculptured  on  the  tomb 
of  Sir  Sydney  Smith,  at  Pere  la  Chaise,  are  the  fol- 
lowing : — 

"  In  warlike  France,  when  great  Napoleon  rose, 
The  man  who  checked  his  conquests  finds  repose." 

Rambles  about  Paris. 


On  Admiral  Richard  Kempenfeldt,  who  was  drowned 
in  the  Royal  George,  at  Spithead,  in  1 782  ( by  Wm. 
Cowper) : — 

"  Toll,  toll,  for  the  brave- 
Brave  Kempenfeldt  is  gone  ; 

His  last  sea-fight  is  fought, 
His  work  of  glory  done. 

His  sword  was  in  its  sheath, 
His  fingers  held  the  pen, 

When  Kempenfeldt  went  down, 
With  twice  four-hundred  men." 


In  Bath  Abbey  church  : — 

"  Here  under  lyes  all  that  was  mortal  of  Col.  Ambrose 
Norton,  worthy  and  loyal  descendant  of  worthy  and 
loyal  ancestors.  He  served  the  crowne  of  England  above 
40  years,  in  employments  both  civil  and  military;  in 
which  he  ever  acquitted  himself  faithfully,  and  as  a 
man  of  honour.  He  was  exceeding  gracefull  in  person 
and  behaviour ;  his  justice,  gentleness,  and  sweetness  of 


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disposition,  were  equall  to  his  courage  ;  and  he  crown' d 
all  his  other  virtues  with  a  most  exemplary  piety.  He 
was  a  branch  of  the  ancient  family  of  the  Nortons,  of 
Somersetshire,  and  cousin-german  to  Sir  George  Norton, 
of  Abbot's  Leigh,  in  that  county ;  a  house  happily 
renowned  in  history  for  the  concealment  and  preserva- 
tion of  King  Charles  the  Second,  after  the  fatal  battle 
at  Worcester.  The  Lady  Norton,  having  been  a  widdow 
three  years,  first  of  Sir  George  Norton  ( to  whose  memory 
she  has  erected  a  marble  monument  at  Abbot's  Leigh, 
of  the  same  form  and  dimention  as  this),  and  since  the 
widdow  of  Col.  Ambrose  Norton,  has,  in  her  great  regard 
to  his  memory,  erected  this  monument ;  where  he  desired 
his  body  might  be  interred,  expecting  a  blessed  resur- 
rection. He  died  in  the  77th  year  of  his  age,  on  the 
10th  day  of  September,  in  the  10th  year  of  his  Majesty 
King  George,  his  last  Royall  Master,  Anno.  Dom. 
1723."—  Brittoris  Bath  Abbey. 


Inscription  on  the  Tomb  of  Major  S.  Thorpe,  K.H. 
in  the  churchyard  of  Cheshunt,  Hertfordshire  : — 

"  Major  Samuel  Thorpe, 

Knight  of  Hanover, 

Died  19th  December,  1852, 

Aged  61  years. 

Highly  esteemed 

By    his    comrades, 

Distinguished  by  his  King 

For  gallant  service. 

He  counted  it  his  chief  honour 

To  serve  in  the  ranks 

of  the  redeemed, 

As  a  Soldier  and  servant 

Of  Jesus  Christ. 


His  end  was  perfect  peace." 


In  St.  Paul's  is  a  monument  to  Sir  Andrew  Hay. 
It  depicts  the  brave  officer  in  the  arms  of  Valour,  a 


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sentinel  is  seen  in  an  attitude  of  grief,  and  in  the  back 
ground  is  the  guard  marching  its  rounds.  It  bears  this 
inscription : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense,  to  the  memory  of 

Major- General  Andrew  Hat, 

He  was  born  in  the  County  of  Banff,  in  Scotland, 

and  fell  on  the  14th  of  April,  in  1814, 

before  the  fortress  of  Bayonne,  in  France, 

in  the  52nd  year  of  his  age,  and  the  34th  of  his  services, 

closing  a  military  life  marked  by 

zeal,  prompt  decision,  and  signal  intrepidity." 


There  is  a  monument  erected  in  St.  Paul's  to  the 
memory  of  Captain  Westcott  :  he  is  represented  falling 
into  Jjhe  arms  of  Victory,  in  the  battle  of  the  Nile. 
The  mscription  runs  thus  : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense, 

to  the  memory  of 

George  Blagdon  "Westcott, 

Captain  of  the  Majestic  ; 

who  after  33  years  of  meritorious  service,  fell  gloriously 

in  the  victory  obtained  over  the  French  fleet,  off 

Aboukir,   the  first  day  of  August,  in  the  year  1798, 

in  the  forty-sixth  year  of  his  age." 


On  the  monument  erected  in  St.  Paul's  to  Generals 
Craufurd  and  Maceinnon",  a  highlander  is  mourning 
over  their  tomb,  while  Victory  crowns  their  standard 
with  a  wreath.  The  British  Lion  is  represented  with 
his  paw  upon  the  fallen  Eagle ;  and  a  shield,  bearing  the 
arms  of  Spain,  denotes  the  country  where  they  strug- 
gled with  the  French.     It  is  inscribed  : — 

"  Erected  by  the  Nation 

to  Major-General  Eobert  Craufurd, 

and    Major-General    Heney    Mackinnon, 

who  fell  at  Ciudad  Rodrigo,  Jan.  18th,  1812." 


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Monumental  pillar  on  Beechy  Island,  Barrow  Strait, 
in  memory  of  Lieutenant  Bellot. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  this  gentleman,  a  French- 
man, volunteered  his  services  to  aid  in  searching  for  the 
long  missing  expedition  of  Sir  John  Franklin.  It  will 
also  be  remembered  that  he  fell  a  sacrifice  to  his 
humane  enterprise.  The  fate  of  this  young  gentleman 
excited  a  universal  interest,  not  only  in  this  country, 
but  in  the  land  of  his  nativity.  A  tablet  was  then 
proposed  to  be  erected  on  Beechy  Island,  to  his  memoiy, 
and  to  be  taken  out  by  Captain  Inglefield,  of  the 
Phoenix.  This  has  accordingly  been  done,  and  it  now 
stands  on  that  remote  shore  as  a  sad  memorial  of 
departed  worth.  The  tablet  itself  has  been  placed 
upon  a  pillar  nine  feet  high,  upon  the  various  faces  of 
which  are  the  following  inscriptions  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Mons.  Bellot,  Lieutenant 
in  the  French  Navy,  and  Chevalier  of  the  Legion  of 
Honour,  who  accompanied  Mr.  Kennedy  and  Captain 
Inglefield  on  their  respective  visits  to  the  Arctic  regions. 
Whilst  attached  to  H.M.S.V.  Phoenix,  under  Captain 
Inglefield,  he  gallantly  volunteered  to  convey  dispatches 
to  Captain  Sir  E.  Belcher  with  a  sledge  crew  from 
H.M.S.  North  Star.  In  a  heavy  .gale  of  wind,  on 
the  18th  of  August,  1853,  he  was  drowned  by  the 
disruption  of  the  ice,  near  Cape  Grinnell,  much  lamented 
by  the  Arctic  squadron,  and  all  who  had  the  pleasure 
of  knowing  his  value,  and  noble  spirit." 


"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  William  Cutbush, 
Private  Royal  Marine,  H.M.S.  Assistance,  a  native  of 
JSTorthiam,  Sussex,  who  died  on  board,  27th  February, 
1853,  after  a  protracted  illness,  from  disease  of  the 
lungs,  aged  24  years.  He  served  with  credit  in  his 
corps  for  upwards  of  16  years  and  4  months,  gaining 
by  his  good  conduct  two  badges  of  merit,  in  addition  to 
the  Syrian  medal.  During  twelve  months  of  the  above 
period  he  served  in  H.M.S.  Assistance,  gaining  the 
respect  of  Captain  and  Officers,  and  beloved  by  all  who 
knew  him." — The  London  Journal. 


Another  monument  at  Beechy  Island,  to  Lieutenant 
Bellot  : — 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"In  memory  of 

Lieut.    Bellot, 

of  the  French  Navy, 

Who  lost  his  life  whilst  nobly 

aiding  in  the  search  for 

Sir  John  Franklin, 

In  the  Wellington  Channel, 

"Where  he  was  drowned, 

on  the  18th  of  August,  1853. 

This  Tablet  to  record  the  sad  event 

was  erected  by  a  Friend, 

A.D.  1854." 

The  Illustrated  London  News. 


To  Lieutenant  Bellot. — An  obelisk  of  polished  Aber- 
deen granite,  has  been  placed  at  Greenwich,  the  quay 
of  our  great  naval  asylum,  to  the  memory  of  the  much- 
lamented  Bellot.  The  name  of  "  Bellot  "is  cut  in 
large  letters  upon  the  shaft  of  the  obelisk,  so  as  to  be 
visible  from  the  Thames,  and  a  bronze  tablet  has  been 
affixed  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  pedestal,  bearing  the 
following  inscription,  which  may  be  read  by  all  persons 
passing  along  the  quay  : — 

"To  the  intrepid  young 

BELLOT 

of  the  French  navy, 

who  in  the  endeavour  to  rescue 

FEAXKLrN-, 

shared  the  fate  and  glory  of  that 

illustrious  navigator. 

(  From  his  British  admirers,) 

1853." 

Weekly  Times,  July,  1856. 


Monument  in  St.  Paul's,  to  Generals  Pae^xbam  and 
Gibbs : — 

"Erected  at  the  public  expense 

to  the  memory  of 

Major-General  the  Hon.  Sib  Edwaed  Pakenham,  K.B. 

and  of  Major-General  Samuel  Gibbs, 


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who  fell  gloriously  on  the  8th  of  January,  1815, 

while  leading  the  troops  to  an  attack 
of  the  enemy's  works  in  front  of  New  Orleans." 


At  Brighton,  on  Captain  Tattersell,  (and  his  wife) 
the  preserver  of  the  Life  of  King  Charles  II. : — 

"P.  M.   S. 

Captain  Nicholas  Tattersell, 

Through  whose  prudence,  valour,  and  loyalty, 

Charles  the  Second,  King  of  England 

(After  he  had  escaped  the  sword  of  his  merciless  rebels, 

And  his  forces  received  a  fatal  overthrow 

At  Worcester,  Sep.  3,  1651), 

Was  faithfully  preserved,  and  conveyed  to  France ; 

Departed  this  life  26th  July,  1674. 

Within  this  marble  monument  doth  lie 
Approved  faith,  Honour,  and  Loyalty ; 
In  this  cold  clay  He  has  now  taken  up  his  Station, 
Who  once  preserved  the  Church,  the  Crown,  and  Nation. 
When  Charles  the  Great  was  nothing  but  a  Breath, 
This  valiant  soul  stept  in  'twixt  him  and  Death  : 
Usurper's  threats,  nor  tyrant's  Eebel  frown 
Could  not  affright  his  duty  to  the  Crown ; 
Which  glorious  act  of  his  for  Church  and  State, 
Eight  princes  in  one  day  did  gratulate ; 
Professing  all  to  him  in  Debt  to  be, 
As  all  the  World  are  to  his  Memory. 
Since  Earth  could  not  reward  the  worth  him  given 
He  now  receives  it  from  the  King  of  Heaven. 

In  the  same  Chest  one  Jewel  more  you  have, 
The  Partner  of  his  Yirtue,  Bed,  and  Grave." 


Richard  Pendrell,  one  of  the  brothers  of  Captain 
Tattersell,  lies  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  St.  Giles' s- 
in-the-Fields,  beneath  a  plain  tomb,  upon  the  slab  of 
which  is  the  following : — 


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"  The  Tomb  of 

Richard  Pendrell, 

The  Preserver  of  the  life  of  Charles  II. 

Hold,  passenger,  here's  shrouded  in  this  hearse, 
Unparalleled  Pendrell  through  the  universe  ! 
Like  when  the  Eastern  star  from  heaven  gave  light 
To  three  lost  Kings — so  he  in  such  dark  night, 
To  Briton's  Monarch  lost  by  adverse  war, 
On  earth  appear' d  a  second  Eastern  star, 
A  pole — a  stem — in  her  rebellious  main, 
A  Pilot  to  her  Royal  Sovereign's  name  : 
JNTow  to  triumph  in  heaven's  eternal  sphere, 
He  is  advanced  for  his  just  steerage  here, 
"Whilst  Albion's  chronicles  with  matchless  Fame, 
Embalm  the  story  of  great  Pendrell' s  name  !  " 


In  St.   Paul's  is  a    tabular    monument   to     General 
Mackenzie  and  Langwerth.     It  is  briefly  inscribed  : — 

"National  Monument 

To  Major-General  J.  R.  Mackenzie, 

and   Brigadier -General   R.    Langwerth, 

who  fell  at  Talavera,  July  26,  1809." 


Monument   to   the   Guards,    who  fell  at  Alma  and 
Inkermann,  in  Holy  Trinity  church,  "Windsor  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of 

Those    gallant    men, 

The  Officers, 

rTon-commissioncd  officers, 

And  private  soldiers 

of 

The  Brigade  of  Guards, 

who  fell  at 

Alma  and  Inkermann, 

And  to  those, 

who,  no  less  brave, 

have  endured 

with   unshaken    fortitude, 

even  unto  death, 


7G 


!    ARMY  &  NAVY  OFFICERS. 


The  dangers,  severities 

and  privations 

of  a  Winter  campaign 

Before  Sebastopol, 

This   Tablet   is   erected   by 

The    Clergy    of   this    Church, 

who,  in 

more  peaceful  times, 

Ministered    among   them. 

Easter,  MDCCCLV." 

The  Illustrated  London  News. 


Eobeet  Blake,  one  of  the  most  intrepid  and  success- 
ful admirals  that  have  adorned  the  British  Navy,  died 
Aug.  17,  1657,  aged  59,  and  was  buried  with  great 
pomp  in  Westminster  Abbey,  at  the  public  expense. 
After  the  Restoration,  his  body  was  disinterred,  on  the  an- 
niversary of  the  execution  of  Charles  I.,  together  with 
those  of  Cromwell,  Ireton,  Pym,  May  the  Secretary, 
and  others,  and  thrown  into  a  pit  in  St.  Margaret's 
churchyard. 


There  is  a  mural  tablet  erected  in  Newton  Yalence 
church,  near  Alton,  to  the  memory  of  Captain  Lem- 
peieee,  inscribed  as  follows  : — 

"  In  Memory  of 

Atjdley  Lempeieee, 

Eldest  Son  of  Rear- Admiral  G.  0.  Lempriere,  of  Pelham, 

in  this  parish, 

And  Captain  in  the  77th  Regiment, 

Who  fell  before  Sebastopol  while  gallantly  attacking  the 

Russian  Rifle  Pits, 

On  the  19th  of  April,  1855, 

Aged  20  years. 

He  was  present  with  his  Regiment  without  intermission 

Erom  the  commencement  of  the  war ; 

And  was  engaged  in  the  Battles  of  Alma  and  Inkermann, 

In  the  latter  of  which  especially  he  rendered 

important  service. 


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He  enjoyed,  in  a  remarkable  degree,  the  confidence  of 

those  above  him  in  command, 

And  the  esteem  and  affection  of  his  brother  officers  and  men; 

And,  from  the  excellence  and  amiability  of  his  character, 

His  loss  is  deeply  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him." 

The  Illus.  London  News. 


In  St.  Paul's  is  a  monument  to  Major-General  Le 
Maechant,  which  bears  this  brief  inscription  : — 

"  Erected  at  the  public  expense 

to  the  memory  of 

Major-General  John  Gaspaed  Le  Maechaht, 

who  gloriously  fell  in  the  battle  of 

Salamanca,  July  22nd,  1812." 


In  Matlock  church,  Derbyshire: — 

"  To  the  Memory 

of 

Captain  William  Cumming, 

of   the    83rd   British   Regiment, 

and  9th  Portuguese  Cacadores, 

who 

having  fought  in  the  battles 

of 

Oporto,  Talavera,  Buzaco, 

and  Fuentes  de  Onor, 

fell  in  an  attack  on  the  French  outposts 

near  Bayonne,  Oct.  9th,  1813, 

in  the  30th  year  of  his  age. 

This  Tablet  was  erected  by  his  brothers, 

in  whose  esteem  and  affection  he  had 

that  place  to  which  firmness 

of  mind,  and  urbanity  of 

manners,  justly  entitle 

their  possessor." 


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Chaeles  Lee,  a  Major-General  in  the  American 
Revolutionary  War,  died  Oct.  2nd,  1782.  It  was  his 
earnest  desire  expressed  in  his  will,  that  he  should  not 
be  buried  in  any  church  or  churchyard,  or  within  a  mile 
of  any  presbyterian  or  ana-baptist  meeting-house  ;  and 
he  assigned  as  his  reason,  that,  since  his  residence  in 
America,  he  had  kept  so  much  bad  company  while 
living,  that  he  wished  to  avoid  it  when  dead. 


On  the  tombstone  of  Colonel  Geace,  who  died  at 
Guildford,  in  1812,  was  engraven  the  following  inscrip- 
tion, furnished  by  the  widow  of  the  colonel : — 

"  Gone  !  but  whither  ?  Does  he  cease  ? 

Now  his  body  rots  away. 
"Was  his  soul  a  fragile  piece 

Of  the  same  but  finer  clay  ? 
Where's  the  soul  ?     Obtained  release ; 

That  ne'er  died,  nor  ever  dies, 
While  his  body  sleeps  in  peace, 

Far  away  his  spirit  flies, 
He's  to  God  to  hear  his  doom." 

But  the  Clergyman  objected  to  it,  as  doubting  the 
immateriality  of  the  soul,  and  after  some  delay,  the 
lady,  after  a  return  from  Ireland,  thought  the  monument 
not  necessary.  The  stone-mason,  however,  had  com- 
pleted it,  and  he  brought  an  action  against  the  widow, 
and  obtained  £31  10s.  damages,  in  1815. 


On  the  Field  of  Alma  is  a  handsome  monument  of 
white  stone,  bearing  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  During  the  attack  on  these  heights,  20th  September, 
1854,  her  Britannic  Majesty's  23rd  Royal  Welch 
Fusiliers  lost  their  commanding  officer,  Lieut.-Col.  H. 


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Chester;  Captains,  A.  W.Whyn,  F.Evans,  J.  Conolly; 
Lieutenants,  P.  Radcliffe,  Sir  "W.  Young,  Bart., 
J.  Anstruther,  and  J.  Butler,  all  killed  on  the  field ; 
also,  Lieut.  Applethwaite,  mortally  wounded,  who  died 
22nd  September,  1854.  This  stone  is  erected  to  their 
Memory." 

(On  the  other  side.) 

"  The  regiment  also  lost .  Serjeant  J.  H.  Jones  ; 
Colour-Serjeants,  It.  Hitchcock,  J.  F.  Edwards  ;  1 
drummer,  and  40  privates,  killed  on  the  field." 


SOLDIERS  AND  SAILORS. 


SOLDIERS   AND    SAILORS. 


In  the  churchyard  at  Yarmouth  : — 

"To  the  memory  of  Isaac  Smith,  who  died  March  24th, 
1808,  and  Samuel  Bodger,  who  died  April  2nd,  1808, 

both  of  the  Cambridgeshire  Militia. 
The  tyrant  death  did  early  us  arrest, 
And  all  the  magazines  of  life  possest : 
No  more  the  blood  its  circling  course  did  run, 
But  in  the  veins  like  icicles  it  hung ; 
No  more  the  hearts,  now  void  of  quickening  heat, 
The  tuneful  march  of  vital  motion  beat  ; 
Stiffness  did  into  every  sinew  climb, 
And  a  short  death  crept  cold  through  every  limb." 


In  St.  James's  churchyard,  Bury  St.  Edmund's  :■ 
"William  Middleditch, 
late  Sergeant-Major  of  the  Grenadier  Guards, 
died  Nov.  13,  1834,  aged  53  years. 

A  husband,  father,  comrade,  friend  sincere, 
A  British  soldier  brave  lies  buried  here. 
In  Spain,  and  Flushing,  and  at  Waterloo, 
He  fought  to  guard  our  country  from  the  foe. 
His  comrades,  Britons,  who  survive  him,  say, 
He  acted  nobly  on  that  glorious  day." 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Highland  epitaph : — 

Here  lies  Alexaxdee  M'Pheeson, 
He  was  a  most  superior  person  : 
He  was  six  feet  two,  without  a  shoe, 
And  was  slew  at  Waterloo." 


In  the  Cathedral  churchyard  of  Winchester,  to  the 
memory  of  Thomas  Fletchee  : — 

"Here  sleeps  in  peace  a  Hampshire  grenadier, 
Who  caught  his  death  by  drinking  cold  small  beer. 
Soldiers  !  take  heed  from  his  untimely  fall, 
And  when  you're  hot,  drink  strong,  or  none  at  ail." 

The  above  memorial  being  decayed,  was  restored  by 
the  officers  of  the  garrison,  a.d.  1781. — A  stone  with 
the  following  inscription  was  placed  by  the  N orth  Hants 
Militia,  1802,  in  consequence  of  the  original  stone  being 
destroyed : — 

"  An  honest  soldier  never  is  forgot, 
Whether  he  die  by  musket  or  by  pot." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Bremhill,  Wiltshire,  on  an 
old  soldier,  aged  92  (by  the  Rev.  W.  L.  Bowles,  the 
Poet):— 

"  A  poor  old  soldier  shall  not  lie  unknown 
Without  a  verse,  and  this  recording  stone. 
'Twas  his,  in  youth,  o'er  distant  lands  to  stray, 
Danger  and  death  companions  of  his  way. 
Here,  in  his  native  village,  stealing  age 
Clos'd  the  lone  evening  of  his  pilgrimage. 
Speak  of  the  past — of  names  of  high  renown, 
Or  brave  commanders  long  to  dust  gone  down ! 
His  look  with  instant  animation  glow'd, 
Tho'  ninety  winters  on  his  head  had  snow'd. 
His  country,  while  he  liv'd,  a  boon  supplied, 
And  faith  her  shield  held  o'er  him  when  he  died. 


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Think,  Christian,  that  his  spirit  lives  with  God, 
And  pluck  the  wild  weeds  from  the  lowly  sod, 
Where,  dust  to  dust,  beneath  the  chancel  shade, 
Till  the  last  trump,  a  brave  man's  bones  are  laid.' 


At  Woodbridge,  Suffolk,  on — 

"Joseph  Spalding,  Master  and  Mariner, 
who  departed  this  life,  Sept.  2,  1796,  aged  55. 

Embark' d  in  Life's  Tempestuous  Sea,  we  steer 
Amidst  threatening  Billows — Rocks  and  Shoals, 

But  Christ  by  faith  dispels  each  wavering  fear, 
And  safe  secures  the  Anchor  of  our  Souls." 


On  a  Sailor  : — 

Here  goes  honest  Ben  to  the  sharks  soon  a  prey, 
"Who  liv'd  like  a  sailor,  good-natured  and  gay, 
His  rigging  well  fitted,  his  sides  close  and  tight, 
His  bread-room  well  stow'd,  and  his  mainmast  aright. 
Davy  Jones,  like  a  pirate  built  solely  for  plunder, 
Thus  hail'd  the  poor  lad,  in  a  voice  harsh  as  thunder, 
'  Drop  your  peak,  my  tight  fellow,  your  foresail  throw 
For  already  too  long  you'veremaind  on  that  tack.'  [back, 
Ben  heard  the  dread  call,  and  without  more  ado, 
His  sail  flatten'd  in,  and  his  bark  she  broach'd  to." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Saint  Mary  Key,  Ipswich  : 

"John  Weight,  Master  Mariner  of  this  Port, 
who  died  June  24,  1843,  aged  50. 

Tho'  Boreas'  blasts  and  Neptune's  waves, 

Have  toss'd  me  to  and  fro, 
Yet  I  at  last  by  God's  decree 

Am  harbour' d   here   below. 

While  here  I  at  an  anchor  ride, 

With  many  of  our  fleet, 
Yet  once  again  I  shall  set  sail, 

Our   Admiral   Christ  to  meet." 


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Near  Bristol : — 

"  I  went  and  listed  in  the  Tenth  Hnssars, 

And  galloped  with  them  to  the  bloody  wars. 
1  Die  for  your  sovereign — for  your  country  die ! 
To  earn  such  glory  feeling  rather  shy, 
Snug  I   slipp'd  home,  but  death  soon  sent  me  off, 
After  a  struggle,  with  the  hooping-cough." 


In  Sculcoate  churchyard,  near  Hull : — 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Peteb 
Wilsoit,  master  and  mariner,  who 
Sail'd  round  ye  World  with 
Lord  Anson." 


There  is  an  epitaph  in  an  Ipswich  churchyard,  to  the 
memory  of  a  drummer.  It  was  placed  there  by  the 
non-commissioned  officers  and  privates,  as  a  tribute  of 
respect  to  the  tambour's  merits  and  abilities.  The 
epitaph  runs  : — 

"  For  kettling,  fifing,  and  drumming,  he  had  no  equal. 
"What  Briton  e'er  heard  his  drum,  whose  heart  did  not 
beat  high  for  his  country's  glory  ?     But  here  he  lies. 

T\ Tien  the  last  trump  shall  sound  to  heaven  away, 
May  he  arise  and  beat  a  reveille e." 


In  the  same  cemetery  is  another  monumental  inscrip- 
tion to  the  memory  of  a  bold  dragoon,  who  is  temied 
"  a  worthy  man,"  and  then  comes  the  verse  : — 

"  Reader,  in  time  prepare  to  follow  me, 
As  my  route  was,  so  thine  will  surely  be, 
The  mandate  of  my  God  I  did  obey, 
Kings  and  Dragoons  when  call'd  must  march  away." 


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Chkistopher,  Columbus,  the  discoverer  of  America, 
died  May,  1506,  aged  70,  and  was,  after  four  times 
removing,  finally  taken  to  Havanna,  in  the  island  of 
Cuba.  Ferdinand,  king  of  Spain,  ordered  a  monument 
to  be  erected  to  his  memory,  with  this  inscription  : — ■ 

"Por  Castilla  y  por  Leon, 
ISTeuvo  mundo  hallo  Colon." 

For  Castile  and  Leon, 

A  new  world  found  Colon.* 


On  a  Sailor  : — 

"  I've  weather'd  many  a  stormy  sea, 
But  now  life's  arduous  service  o'er, 
I  yield  my  spirit,  Lord,  to  thee, 

And  hail  with  joy  a  happier  shore." 


On  a  Soldier  : — 

"Here  lies  releas'd  from  trouble,  care,  and  sin, 
A  soldier,  whose  chief  conquests  were  within 
His  evil  habits  were  his  greatest  foes, 
And  long  before  his  death  he  conquer' d  those." 


His  Spanish  name. 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


UNFORTUNATE    PERSONS. 


In  St.  Lawrence's  churchyard,  York  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  4  Sons  and  2  Daughters  of 
John  and  Ann  Eigg,  city  of  York.  These  6  young 
persons,  the  eldest  of  whom  was  19,  and  the  youngest 
6  years  of  age,  being  with  some  others  on  a  party  of 
pleasure,  on  the  River  Ouse,  were  drowned,  together 
with  one  of  their  young  companions,  by  the  upsetting 
of  the  boat,  August  19th,  1830,  within  a  short  distance 
from  their  home. 

Mark  the  brief  story  of  a  summer's  day ! 

At  noon,  Youth,  Health,  and  Beauty  launch' d  away; 

Ere  eve,  Death  wreck' d  the  bark,  and  quench' d  their 

Their  Parents'  home  was  desolate  at  night ;       [light, 

Each  pass'd  alone  that  gulf  no  eye  can  see ; 

They  met,  next  moment,  in  Eternity. 

Friend!  kinsman!  stranger  !  dost  thou  ask  me,  Where? 

Seek  God's  right  hand ;  and  hope  to  find  them,  There." 


To  the  memory  of  S E ,  an  intelligent  and 

miable  boy,   who  was   unfortunately  drowned   while 
bathing  : — 


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UNFORTUNATE  PERSONS. 


"  Though  gentle  as  a  dove,  his  soul  sublime, 
For  heaven  impatient,  would  not  wait  for  time  ; 
Ere  youth  had  bloom'  d  his  virtues  ripe  were  seen, 
A  man  in  intellect !  a  child  in  mien  ! 
A  hallow' d  wave  from  mercy's  fount  was  pour'd, 
And,  wash'd  from  clay,  to  bliss  his  spirit  soar'd." 


On  a  gravestone  in  Prince  Edward's  Island  is  the 
following  inscription  : — 

"  Here  lie  the  remains  of  Thomas  Lamb,  killed  by  a 
great  big  tree  falling  upon  him,  slap  bang." — JYewsprs. 


In  Bronlly's  churchyard,  Breconshire,  on  a  man  who 
was  killed  by  a  fall  from  a  waggon  load  of  hay : — 

"  Man's  life's  a  vapour,  and 

Pull  of  woes ; 
He  cuts  a  caper,  and 

Down   he  goes." 


In  Wickham-Market  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"Harmond  Garrett,  died  Dec.  21st,  1818,  aged  68. 
My  sledge  and  hammer  lie  reclined, 
My  bellows  too  have  lost  their  wind  ; 
My  fire's  extinct — my  forge  decay' d, 
My  vice  is  in  the  dust  all  laid. 
My  coal  is  spent — my  iron's  gone, 
My  nails  are  drove — my  work  is  done. 
My  life  was  lost  by  being  Drowned, 
Still  Christ  may  please  to  see  me  Crowned." 


In  Oakham  churchyard,  Surrey : — 

"  The  Lord  saw  good — I  was  lopping  off  wood, 
And  down  fell  from  the  tree ; 
I  met  with  a  check,  and  I  broke  my  neck, 
And  so  death  lopp'd  off  me." 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  a  small  churchyard  near  Folkstone  is  the  follow- 
ing :— 

"  This  stone  is  sacread  to  the  memory  of  poor  old 
Muster  Thomas  Boxee,  who  was  loste  in  the  goud  boate 
Bouver,  just  coming  home  with  much  fishes,  'got  near 
Torbay,  in  the  year  of  hour  Lord  1 722. 

Prey,  goud  fishermen  stop  and  drop  a  tear, 
For  we  have  lost  his  company  here 
And  where  he's  gone  we  cannot  tell, 
But  we  hope  far  from  the  wicked  Bell.* 

The  Lord  be  with  him." 


In  \Yingfield  churchyard,  Suffolk  :- 

"  Life  how 
Short. 


In  Memory  of 

George, 

Son  of 

Samuel  and  Dorothy 

Chaxeeee, 

who  died  10th  April,  1805, 

Aged  3  years. 

As  in  the  mead  where  I  had  often  play'd, 

Close  by  the  Pond's  gay  brink  I  sportive  stray' d, 

With  guileless  thought  I  stoop' d  to  pluck  a  flower, 

!Nor  reck'nd  I  ought  of  Death,  the  chance  or  power. 

Beneath  the  fatal  Pool  I  sunk  my  head, 

And  my  fond  parents  weep  me  early  dead. 

But,  Parents  dear,  mourn  not  your  drowned  Child, 

His  tender  heart  by  sin  was  ne'er  beguil'd  ; 

'Twas  God's  just  will,  whence  all  your  joys  were  given; 

Stop  Nature's  tears  and  cease  to  envy  Heaven. 

Go,  Manly  reader ;  thy  desires  control, 

Avoid  those  dangerous  lures  that  drown  the  Soul." 


*  A  public  house. 

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UNFORTUNATE  PERSONS. 


In  the  churchyard  of  Moreton-in-the-Marsh,   Glou- 
cestershire : — 

"  Here  lie  the  bones  of  Kichakd  Lawton, 
"Whose  death,  alae !  was  strangely  brought  on ; 
Trying  one  day  his  corns  to  mow  off, 
The  razor  slipped,  and  cut  his  toe  off; 
His  toe,  or  rather  what  it  grew  too, 
An  inflammation  quickly  flew  too, 
Which  took,  alas  !   to  mortifying, 
And  was  the  cause  of  Kichard's  dying." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Christ-church,  Hampshire 

"E.  N". 
At  the  Ester  end  of  this  free-stone 
here  doeth  ly  the  Letle  Bone 
of  Walter  Spurrer,  that  fine  Boy 
that  was  his  Eriends  only  Joy. 
He  was  Drownd  at  Melhams  Bridg, 
the  20th  of  August,  1691." 


In  Woodbridge  churchyard  : — 

"  Here  lieth  the  Bodie  of 

Beniamin  Brinkley, 
Who  though   Lustie  and 

Strong  Was  one 

That  by   Misfortune    Shot 

Himself  With  a  Gun 

In  the  23rd  year  of  his  Age ; 

He  departed  this  Life 

To  the  Grief  of  his  Parents 

Spectators  and  Wife 

March   the   27th,   1723." 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  a  churchyard  in  Sussex  is  the  following  :- 

"  In  Memory  of  Captain  Underwood, 
who  was  drowned. 

Here  lies  free  from  blood  and  slaughter, 
Once  Underwood — now  Underwater." 


In  Prittlewell  churchyard,  near  Southend,  Essex : — 
"  On    Kobert    Dodd,    Glazier,   who   died   from   the 

mortification   of  a  wound,   occasioned   by  accidentally 

falling  amongst  broken  glass. 

Stranger  or  friend,  whose  feet  shall  haply  tread, 
Above  the  chambers  of  the  mould' ring  dead ; 
If  youth  and  modest  innocence  be  thine, 
"Welcome,   fair  pilgrim,  to  th'  instructive  shrine  ; 
Think,  by  no  warning  was  I  ta'en  away, 
Prepare  !  prepare  !  this  might  be  your  last  day." 


On  an  oval  stone  monument,  against  the  south  wall 
of  St.  Mary's  church,  Beverley,  Yorkshire,  under  two 
swords  crossed : — 

"  Here  two  young  Danish  soldiers  lie, 
The  one  in  quarrel  chanc'd  to  die  ; 
The  other's  head,  by  their  own  law, 
With  sword  was  severed  at  one  blow. 

December  23rd,  1689." 


In  Wickham-Market  churchyard  : — 

"  Charles  Eldred,  an  excise  officer,    killed  Oct.  18, 
1848,  aged  21. 

An  accident  his  youthful  life  did  end, 
No  time  allowed  His  soul  to  recommend 
Unto  that  God  who  gave  him  his  first  breath, 
So  suddenly  his  eyes  were  clos'd  in  death." 


90 


UNFORTUNATE  PERSONS. 


On  a  man  who  choked  himself  with  a  bit  of  new 
bread  : — 

"  By  many  folks  it  hath  been  said, 
The  only  staff  of  life  is  bread. 
How  could  it  then  stop  Simon's  breath, 
And  be  the  occasion  of  his  death  ? 
One  little  morsel  prov'd  his  last 
Which  he  devour' d  in  so  much  haste, 
That  angry  Death  in  passion  swore, 
He  ne'er   should   swallow   one   bit  more." 


In    the     churchyard     of    St.    George' s-in-the-East, 
London  : — 

"  Sacred 

to  the  Memory  of 

Me.  Timothy  Maer, 

aged  24  years. 

Also,  Mks.  Celia  Marr, 

aged  24  years. 

And  their  son,  Timothy  Mark, 

aged  3  months. 

All  of  whom  were  most  inhumanly  murdered 

in  their  dwelling  house, 

No.  29,  Katcliff  Highway,  Dec.  8,  1811. 

Stop,  Mortal,  stop,  as  you  pass  by, 

And  view  this  grave  wherein  do  lie 

A  father,  mother,  and  a  son, 

Whose  earthly  course  was  shortly  run. 

For,  lo  !  all  in  one  fatal  hour, 

O'ercome  were  they  with  ruthless  power, 

And  murdered  in  a  cruel  state, 

Yea,  far  too  horrid  to  relate. 

They  spared  not  one  to  tell  the  tale, 

One  for  the  other  could  not  wail  ; 

The  other's  fate  they  never  sigh'd, 

Loving  they  liv'd,  together  died. 

Reflect,  0  Reader,  on  thy  fate, 

And  turn  from  sin  before  too  late ; 

Life  is  uncertain  in  this  world, 

Oft  in  a  moment  we  are  hurl'd 

To  endless  bliss,   or  endless  pain, 

So  let  not  sin  within  you  reign." 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  Yarmouth  churchyard  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Geoege  Griffiths,  of  the 
Shropshire  Militia,  who  died  Feb.  26th,  1807,  in  con- 
sequence of  a  blow  received  in  a  quarrel  with  his  com- 
rade. 

Time  flies  away  as  nature  on  its  wing, 
I  in  a  battle  died  (not  for  my  King.) 
"Words  with  my  brother  soldier  did  take  place, 
Which  shameful  is,  and  always  bring  disgrace. 
Think  not  the  worse  of  him  who  do  remain, 
For  he  as  well  as  I  might  have  been  slain." 


In  St.  Lawrence's  church,  Isle  of  Wight,  is  an 
epitaph  recording  the  death  of  a  gentleman  from  the 
upsetting  of  his  carriage,  while  on  a  visit  to  the  island 
with  his  daughter,  it  is  as  follows  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

William   Joxes, 

of  Kensington  Gore ; 

Wrho  met  his  untimely  death  by  an  accident, 

near  this  spot,  on  the  26th  of  August, 

1826,  in  the  91st  year 

of  his  age." 


A  Highland  epitaph  : — 

"  Here  lies  interr'd  a  man  of  micht, 
His  name  is  Macom  Downie  ; 
He  lost  his  life  one  market  nicht 
By  falling  off  his  pownie." 


At  Chigwell,  in  Essex  : — 

"  This  disease  you  ne'er  heard  tell  on, 
I  died  of  eating  too  much  melon. 
Be  careful,  then,  all  ye  that  feed, — I 
Suffered  because  I  was  too  greedy." 


92 


UNFORTUNATE  PERSONS. 


In  the  churchyard  of  Sutton- Coldfield,  Warwickshire, 
lie  the  remains  of  Maky  Ashford,  who  was  brutally 
murdered  after  having  attended  a  ball.  Over  her  pre- 
mature grave  a  tomb-stone  has  been  erected,  on  which 
was  engraven  the  following  pathetic  inscription,  written, 
it  is  believed,  by  the  late  Dr.  Booker,  vicar  of  Dudley: — 

"Asa  warning  to  female  virtue, 

And  a  humble  monument  to  female  chastity, 

This  stone  marks  the  grave 

Of  Mart  Ashford  ; 

Who,  in  the  20th  year  of  her  age,  having 

Incautiously  repaired  to  a  scene  of  amusement 

Without  proper  protection, 

Was  shamefully  ill-used  and  Murdered, 

On  the  27th  of  May,  1817. 

Lovely  and  chaste  as  in  the  primrose  pale, 
Bifled  of  sweetness  by  the  passing  gale  : 
Mary,  the  wretch  who  thee  remorseless  slew, 
Avenging  death,  which  sleeps  not,  will  pursue; 
What  though  the  deeds  of  blood  be  veil'd  in  night, 
Shall  not  the  Judge  of  all  the  earth  do  right  ? 
Fair,  blighted  flower !  the  muse  that  mourns  thy  doom, 
Bears  o'er  thy  murder' d  form  this  warning  tomb." 


On  Balfour,  of  Burley  : — 

"  Gentle  reader,  I  did  request  of  mine  honest  friend 
Peter  Proudfoot,  travelling  merchant,  known  to  many 
of  this  land  for  his  faithful  and  just  dealings,  as  well  in 
muslins  and  cambrics  as  in  small  wares,  to  procure  me, 
on  his  next  peregrinations  to  that  vicinage,  a  copy  of 
the  Epitaph  alluded  to.  And,  according  to  his  report, 
which  I  see  no  ground  to  discredit,  it  runneth  thus  : — 

1  Here  lyes  ane  saint  to  prelates  surly, 
Being  John  Balfour,  sometime  of  Burley, 
Who,  stirred  up  to  vengeance  take, 
Por  Solemn  League  and  Cov'nant's  sake, 
Upon  the  Magus — Moor,  in  Pife, 
Did  take  James  Sharpe  the  apostate's  life  ; 
By  Dutchman's  hands  was  hacked  and  shot, 
Then  drowned  in  Clyde  near  this  saam  spot.'" 

Sir  Walter  Scott's  Works. 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


On  John  Adams: — 

"  Here  lies  Johx  Adams,  who  received  a  thump, 
Right  in  the  forehead  from  the  parish  pump, 
Which  gave  him  his  quietus  in  the  end, 
Tho'  many  doctors  did  his  case  attend." 


On  one  who  was  drowned  in  the  Sea  : — 

"  Parents  and  friends  weep  not  for  me, 
Tho'  I  was  drowned  in  the  sea ; 
It  was  God's  will  it  should  be  so — 
Some  way  or  other  all  must  go-." 


At  Penryn,  in  Cornwall : — 

"  Here  lies  "William  Smith,  and  what  is 
something  rarish, 
He  was  born,  bred,  and  hang'd  in 
this  Parish." 


In  St.  John's  churchyard,   Horsleydown,   on  Captain 
— ,  who  was  drowned  at  Gravesend  : — 


"  Friends,  cease  to  grieve  that  at  Gravesend 

My  life  was  clos'd  with  speed, 
For  when  the  Saviour  shall  descend, 

'Twill  be  graves'  end  indeed." 


The  traitor's  epitaph,  written  about  the  time  of  Col. 
Despard's  execution  (by  the  Et.  Hon.  Geo.  Canning) : — 
"  May  this  dreary  abode  be  for  ever  unknown, 

For  ever  by  virtue,  by  pity,  untrod  ; 
TJnbreathed  be  his  name,  and  unhonoured  his  stone ; 

The  foe  of  his  country,  his  monarch,  his  God." 


94 


OFORTOATE   PERSONS. 


A  writer  in  the  Church  and  State  Gazette,  in  1850, 
read  the  following  inscription  in  a  village  churchyard, 
"beneath  the  shadow  of  a  building,  wherein  one  of 
the  holiest  and  bravest  of  our  Martyrs  spoke  in  eloquent 
simplicity"  : — 

"Stop  traveller:  cast  an  eye,   where  this   ground   I 
under  lie, 
An  accident  once  happened  to  me,  which  I  hope  may 
never  happen  to  thee." 


In  Stanton  Harcourt  churchyard,  Oxfordshire,  on  two 
lovers  who  were  killed  by  lightning  (by  Pope)  : — 

"Near  this  place  lie  the  bodies  of 

John  Hewet  and  Sarah  Drew, 

an  industrious  young  man 

and  virtuous  maiden  of  this  parish ; 

Who,  being  at  harvest  work 

(with  several  others), 

were  in  one  instant  killed  by  lightning, 

the  last  day  of  July,  1718. 

Think  not,  by  rig'rous  judgment  seiz'd, 

A  pair  so  faithful  could  expire  ; 
Victims  so  pure  heav'n  saw  well  pleas'd, 

And  snatched  them  in  celestial  fire. 
Live  well,  and  fear  no  sudden  fate  ; 

When  God  calls  virtue  to  the  grave, 
Alike  'tis  justice  soon  or  late, 

Mercy  alike  to  kill  or  save. 
Virtue  unmov'd  can  hear  the  call, 

And  face  the  flash  that  melts  the  ball."* 


*  John  Hewet,  was  a  well-set  man  of  about  25  ;  Sarah  Drew  might  be 
rather  called  comely  than  beautiful,  and  was  about  the  same  age.  It  was 
that  very  morning  that  he  had  obtained  the  consent  of  her  parents,  and  it 
was  but  till  the  next  week  that  they  were  to  wait  to  be  happy.  John  was 
found  with  one  arm  about  Sarah's  neck,  and  the  other  held  over  her,  as  if 
to  screen  her  from  the  lightning.  They  were  struck  dead  and  stiffened  in 
this  tender  posture.  Sarah's  left  eye-brow  was  singed,  and  there  appeared 
a  black  spot  on  her  breast ;  her  lover  was  all  over  black,  but  not  the  least 
signs  of  life  were  found  in  either. 


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EPITAPHS,  ET. 


Inscription  upon  a  tablet  in  the  Abbey  wall,  at  Bury 
St.  Edmund's  :— 

"LH.  S. 
Here  lies  interred  the  Body  of 

Haky  Haselton, 

A  young  Maiden  of  this  Town, 

Born  of  Roman  Catholic  Parents, 

And  virtuously  brought  up, 
Who,  being  in  the  act  of  Prayer, 

Repeating  her  Vespers, 

"Was  instantaneously  killed  by  a  flash 

of  lightning,  August,  16,  1785, 

Aged  9  years. 

Not  Siloam's  ruinous  tower  the  victims  slew 
Because  above  the  many  sinn'd  the  few. 
Nor  here  the  fated  lightning  wreak' d  its  rage, 
By  Vengeance  sent,  for  crimes  matur'd  by  age ; 
For  whilst  the  Thunder's  awful  voice  was  heard, 
The  little  suppliant,  with  its  hands  uprear'd, 
Address' d  her  God  in  prayers  the  Priest  had  taught, 
His  mercy  crav'd,  and  his  protection  sought. 
Learn,  Reader  !  hence  that  Wisdom  to  adore 
Thou  canst  not  scan ;  and  fear  his  boundless  Power : 
Safe  shalt  thou  be,  if  thou  perform' st  his  will, 
Blest  if  he  spares,  and  more  blest  should  he  kill." 


The  San  Diego  Herald  publishes  the  following,  writ- 
ten upon  a  young  man  who  was  accidentally  shot : — 

"  here  lies  the  the  body  of  Jeems  Htjmbeick 

who  was  accidentally  shot 

on  the  bank  of  the  pacus  river 

by  a  young  man 

he  was  accidentally  shot  with  one  of  the  large  colt's 

revolver  with  no  stopper  for  the  cock  to  rest  on  it  was 

one  of  the  old  fashion  kind  brass  mounted  and  of  such  is 

the  kingdom  of  heaven." 


96 


UNFORTUNATE  PERSONS. 


In  Great  Yarmouth  churchyard,  Norfolk  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  David  Babtleman, 

Master  of  the  Brig  Alexander  and  Mary, 

of  North  Shields, 

who,  on  the  31st  of  January,  1781,  on 

the  North  Coast, 

with  only  three  3 -pounders  and  ten  men  and  boys, 

nobly  defended  himself 

against  a  cutter  carrying  eighteen  4-pounders 

and  upwards  of  a  hundred  men, 

commanded  by  the  notorious  English  Pirate,  Fall, 

and  fairly  beat  him  off. 

Two  hours  after,  the  enemy  came  down  upon  him  again ; 

when,  totally  disabled, 

his  mate,  Daniel  M'Auley,  expiring  with 

the  loss  of  blood, 

and  himself  dangerously  wounded, 

he  was  obliged  to  strike  and  ransome, 

and  brought  his  shatter' d  vessel  into  Yarmouth,  with 

more  than  the  honours  of  a  conqueror, 

and  died  here  in  consequence  of  his  wounds, 

on  the  14th  of  February  following, 

in  the  25th  year  of  his  age. 


To  commemorate  the  gallantry  of  his   Son, 

the  bravery  of  his  faithful  Mate, 

and  at  the  same  time  mark  the  infamy  of  a 

savage  pirate, 

his  afflicted  Father,  Alexander  Bartleman, 

has  order' d  this  stone  to  be  erected  over 

his  honourable  grave : — 

'  'Twas  great ;  his  foe,  though  strong,  was  infamous, 

The  foe  of  human  kind  ; 

A  manly  indignation  fired  his  breast ; 

Thank  God  my  son  has  done  his  duty.'  " — Cato. 


In  Horley  churchyard,  Surrey  : — 

tl  Five  of  us,  all  and  every  soul, 
Was   suffocated   by  sleeping  in  a  close 
room  and  burning  charcoal." 


97 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  Westbury  churchyard  : — 

"  The  child  was  drowned  that's  buried  here, 
Dear  reader!    stop,  and  drop  a  tear  ; 
Not  for  the  babe,  but  for  its  mother, 
Because  she  is  left  without  another. 
To  the  will  of  God  I  must  resign, 
In  heaven  I  hope  my  babe  to  join." 


In  a  churchyard  in  Dorchester  : — 

"Fkaxe:  from  his  Betty  snatch' d  by  Fate 
Shows  how  uncertain  is  our  state. 
He  smiled  at  morn — at  noon  lay  dead, 
Flung  from  a  horse  that  kick'd  his  head. 
But  though  he's  gone — from  tears  refrain, 
At  Judgment  he'll  get  up  again." 


In  the  cemetery  of  Coventry,  lies  Ellen  Beight,  the 
"  Lion  Queen,"  who  was  worried  by  a  tiger  in  Womb- 
well's  Menagerie,  at  Chatham,  Jany.  1st,  1850,  aged  17. 
The  following  inscription  is  upon  her  tombstone  : — 

"  The  tenant  of  this  little  grave, 
Our  hope,  and  joy,  and  pride, 
Was  snatched  away  from  our  embrace, 
In  early  youth  she  died." 


On    a    Woolcomber,    who    was    hanged    for    sheep 
stealing : — 

"  Beneath  this  gallows  lies  Toji  Kesip, 
Who  liv'd  by  wool  and  diedhy  hemp. 
The  fleece  would  not  suffice  the  glutton, 
But  with  it  he  must  steal  the  mutton. 
Had  he  but  work'cl  and  liv'd  uprighter 
He'd  ne'er  been  hung  for  a  sheep-biter." 


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At  St.  Mary's,  Lambeth  : — 

"  Near  this  place  are  the  remains  of 

William  Bacon, 

of  the  Salt  Office,  London,  gent. 

"Who  was  killed  by  thunder  and  lightning, 

at  his  window,  July  12,  1787, 

Aged  34  years. 

By  touch  ethereal  in  a  moment  slain, 
He  felt  the  power  of  death,  but  not  the  pain  ; 
Swift  as  the  lightning  glanced,  his  spirit  flew, 
And  bade  the  rough  tempestuous  world  adieu. 
Short  was  his  passage  to  that  peaceful  shore, 
Where  storms  annoy  and  dangers  threat  no  more." 


On  a  Fool,   who  was  shot  through  the  head  in  a 
duel : — 

"  Here  lies  poor  Tommy  ;  Nature  at  his  end  . 
Thought  'twas  but  right  for  once  to  stand  his  friend ; 
For  in  the  shades  below  he  now  can  say, 
'At  least  there's  something  in  my  head  to  day.'  " 


In  Norwich,  on  Jonathan  Lewes,  who  died  by  a  fall 
from  his  horse,  April  7th,  1704,  aged  32  years  : — 

"  Judge  me  not,  reader,  Christ  is  judge  of  all, 
I  fell — stand' st  thou?    take  warning  by  rny  fall; 
Be  ready,  lest  thee  sudden  death  surprise, 
And  hence  two  witnesses  against  thee  rise. 


From  the  French.     On  a  man  who  was  hanged  in 
chains,  written  by  his  cousin  : — 

"  My  uncle's  son  lies  here  below, 
Who  rests  in  peace — when  the  wind  don't  blow." 


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On  a  man  killed  on  a  railroad  track,  in  America  : — 

"  Here  are  deposited  the  bones 

(  The  flesh  being  torn  off ) 

of  an  unknown  man, 

who,  being  deaf,  blind,  and  lame, 

neglected  to  obey  the  customary  signals, 

and  was  run  over  as  a  punishment 

for  his  contumacy. 

The  engineer  promptly  stopped  the  engine 

after  it  had  cut  the  body  in  two, 

and,  with  the  most  exemplary  humanity, 

conveyed  the  remains  to  an  adjacent  wood-shed, 

where  all  means  of  resuscitation  were  tried, 

but,  alas ! 

the  vital  spark  had  fled. 

For  the  humanity  they  displayed, 

The  engineer  and  signal  men  were  presented  by  the 

Company  with  a  service  of  plate." 


At  Little  Stukely,  in  Huntingdonshire,  on  the  Rev. 
J.  Watekhotjse  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the 
Rev.  JosnrA  Waterhouse,  E.D. 
nearly  forty  years  fellow  of  Catherine  Hall,  Cambridge, 
Chaplain  to  his  Majesty,  Rector  of  this  Parish,  and  of 
Coton,  near  Cambridge,  who  was  inhumanly  murdered 
in  this  Parsonage  House,  about  ten  o'clock  on  the 
morning  of  July  3rd,  1827,  Aged  eighty-one  : 

"Beneath  this  tomb  his  mangled  body's  laid, 
Cut,  stabb'd,  and  murdered  by  Joshua  Slade, 
His  ghastly  wounds  a  horrid  sight  to  see, 
And  hurl'd  at  once  into  eternity. 


What  faults  you've  seen  in  him  take  care  to  shun, 
And  look  at  home,  enough  there's  to  be  done ; 
Death  does  not  always  warning  give, 
Therefore  be  careful  how  you  live." 


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In  St.  Mary's  churchyard,  York,  to  the  memory  of 
a  young  maid,  who  was  accidently  drowned,  Dec.  24th, 
1696.  The  inscription  is  said  to  be  written  by  her 
lover : — 

"  Nigh  to  the  river  Ouse,  in  York's  fair  city, 
Unto  this  pretty  maid  Death  show'd  no  pity ; 
As  soon  as  she'd  her  pail  with  water  fill'd 
Came  sudden  Death,  and  life  like  water  spill'd." 


In  Norwich  : — 

"Mr.  Bet  ant  Lewis, 

Who  was  barbarously  murdered  upon  the  Heath  near 

Thetford,  Sep.  13,  1698. 

Fifteen  wide  wounds  this  stone  veils  from  thine  eyes, 
But  reader,  hark !  their  voice  doth  pierce  the  skies. 
Vengeance,  cried  Abel's  blood,  against  cursed  Cain, 
But  better  things  spake  Christ  when  he  was  slain. 
Both,  both  cries  Lewis's  'gainst  his  barbarous  foe, 
Blood,  Lord,  for  blood,  but  save  his  soul  from  woe." 

Orchard's  Epitaphs. 


In  Sunbury  church,  a  village  on  the  banks  of  the 
Thames  : — 

"  Under  this  pwe  (pew)  on  the  right  hand  lyeth  the 
bodye  of  Richard  Billingsley,  Gentleman,  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Martin's,  Westminster,  who  was  unhappily 
drowned  on  the  15th  of  September,  1689." 


At  All  Saints,  Hastings  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Geoegc  Simpson,  master  mariner, 
of  Burlington,  Yorkshire,  died  Aug.  24,  1809,  aged  26 
years ;  shot  by  the  enemy  near  Beechy  Head. 

I  think  nothing  strange  that  happens  unto  all ; 

My  lot  to  day,  to-morrow  your's  may  fall. 

I  was  changed,  and  in  a  moment  fell, 

I  had  not  time  to  bid  my  friends  farewell." 


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Inscription  on  the  monument  of  the  Jeiutys,  in 
^Vymondham  church  : — 

"  Sear  this  spot  lie  the  remains  of  Isaac  Jerky,  of 
Stanfield  Hall,  in  this  parish,  Esq.,  late  Eecorder  of 
Norwich,  who  died  Nov.  28th,  1848,  aged  59. 


Also,  of  Isaac  Jekmt  Jebitt,  Esq.,  his  only  son,  who 
died  Nov.  28th,  1848,  aged  27. 


Also,  of  Aebebt,  infant  son  of  Isaac  Jenny  Jenny, 
who  died  July  24th,  1848,  aged  2  days." 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  churchyard  is  the  following 
inscription  on  a  stone  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of 

Bexjames"  Bbooksox,  Junior,  aged  21, 

The  eldest  Son  of  Mr.  Benjamin  Brookson, 

of  Dolly's  Beef  Steak  House, 

(Paternoster  Eow.) 

who  was  unfortunately  drowned  near  Kew  Bridge, 

on  the  7th  of  July,  1816. 

This  simple  record  of  his  untimely  Fate 

was  erected  hy  his  afflicted  Father, 

as  a  sacred  testimony  of  his 

Paternal  Feelings  for  the  loss  of  his  beloved 

and  lamented  Son. 

Reader,  beneath  this  tributary  stone 

The  ashes  of  a  youthful  victim  lie, 

TVhose  early  years  with  virtuous  lustre  shone, 

"Whose  Fate  recalls  the  sympathetic  sigh. 

He  sought,  oppress' d  by  Summer's  sultry  sun, 
The  grateful  coolness  of  the  crystal  wave ; 
And  found  where  Richmond's  rapid  currents  run, 
On  Thames'  deceitful  shore,  a  watery  grave. 

Confiding  in  that  Providence  above 
"Which  guides  the  course  of  man's  mysterious  doom, 
O'erwhelm'd  with  grief,  a  sonowing  Father's  love 
Has  rais'd  this  unadorned  and  simple  tomb." 


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In  Westminster  Abbey  is  a  splendid  monument  to 
Thomas  Thynne,  who  was  shot  at  the  end  of  the  Hay- 
market,  in  1682.  It  consists  of  a  recumbent  figure, 
with  a  cherub -pointing  upwards — bas-relief  represents 
an  attack  on  a  carriage  :  the  assassin  is  in  the  act  of 
firing  into  it.     The  inscription  is  : — 

"  Thomas  Thtnne, 

of  Long  Leate,  in  Com,  Wilts,  Esq. 

who    was    barbarously    murdered    on 

Sunday  the  12th  of  February,  1682." 


In  the  church  of  Ampthill,  in  Bedfordshire,  is  a 
monument  to  Robeet  Nicholls,  of  Ampthill  Park, 
governor  of  Long  Island,  who  being  in  attendance  on 
the  duke  of  York,  was  slain  on  board  H.R.H.  ship,  in 
1672.  A  cannon  ball,  said  to  be  that  which  caused  his 
death,  is  fixed  within  the  pediment.  On  the  mouldings 
is  this  inscription  : — 

"  Instrumentum  mortis  et  immortalitatis." 
The  in^ument  of  mortality  and  immortality. 


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DIVINES 


William  Sanceoft,  archbishop  of  Canterbury  in 
1678,  was  born  at  Fressingfield,  in  Suffolk.  When 
James  II.,  as  an  introduction  to  popery,  issued  his  decla- 
ration for  liberty  of  conscience,  Sancroft  and  six  other 
bishops,  remonstrating  against  the  king's  declaration, 
were  committed  to  the  tower,  when,  in  a  few  weeks 
after  they  were  tried  and  acquitted;  and  afterwards 
refusing  to  acknowledge  the  prince  and  princess  of 
Orange  as  king  and  queen,  he  was  deprived  of  his 
dignity.  He  retired  to  Fressingfield,  and  died  there ; 
he  was  buried  near  the  chancel  of  that  church,  where 
his  tomb  is  to  be  seen,  with  the  following  inscription 
upon  it,  written  by  himself: — 

(  On  a  Bmall  square  marble  tablet  at  the  top.) 

"  St.  Matthew  xxiv.  27.  For  as  the  lightning 
cometh  out  of  the  east,  and  shineth  even  unto  the  west; 
so  shall  also  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  man  be." 

(At  the  foot  of  the  tomb.) 

"P.  M.  S. 

William  Sanceoft,  born  in  this  Parish,  afterwards, 
by  the  Providence  of  God,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
at  last  deprived  of  all  which  he  could  not  keep  with  a 
good  conscience,  returned  hither  to  end  his  life  where 


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he  began  it;  and  professeth  here  at  the  foot  of  his 
Tomb,  that  as  naked  he  came  forth,  so  naked  he  must 
return  ;  '  the  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away, 
(as  the  Lord  pleases  so  come  things  to  pass)  Blessed  be 
the  name  of  the  Lord.' 

He  died  the  24th  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  1693,  and  in  the  77th  year  of  his  age." 


On  Thomas  Wilson,  D.D.,  bishop  of  Sodor  and  Man. 
A  plain  monument  in  the  churchyard  of  Kirk-Michael, 
Isle  of  Man,  denotes  the  spot  where  the  mortal  remains 
of  this  holy  man  were  deposited,  surrounded  by  the 
ashes  of  many  who,  poor  perhaps  in  this  world,  but 
rich  in  faith,  were  through  his  means  made  heirs  of 
the  kingdom  which  God  has  promised  to  them  that 
love  him.     The  following  is  the  inscription  : — 

"  Sleeping  in  Jesus,  here  lieth  the  body  of 

Thomas  Wilson,  D.D. 

Lord   Bishop   of  this   Isle, 

who  died  March  the  7th,  1755,  aged  93, 

and  in  the  fifty-eighth  year  of  his  consecration. 

This  Monument  was  erected 

by  his  Son,  Thomas  Wilson,  D.D.  native  of  this  parish, 

who,  in  obedience  to  the  express  commands  of  his 

father,  declines  giving  him  the  character  he  so 

justly  deserved. 

Let  this  Island  speak  the  rest." 


Samuel  Butter,  D.D.  Bishop  of  Sodor  and  Man,  was 
buried  in  St.  Germains,  Isle  of  Man,  with  the  following 
inscription  over  his  tomb,  written  by  himself: — 

"In  this  house  which  I  have  borrowed  from  my 
brethren,  the  worms,  lie  I,  Samuel,  by  divine  permis- 
sion bishop  of  this  Island,  in  hopes  of  the  resurrection 
to  eternal  life. 

Stop,  reader !  behold,  and  smile  at  the  palace  of  a 
bishop  who  died  May  30th,  1653." 


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Archbishop  Grindal,  desired  by  his  will  that  he 
might  be  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Croydon  church, 
without  pomp.  A  monument  was  erected  to  his  memory 
in  Croydon  church,  and  is  thus  described  by  Strype  : — 

"On  the  south  side  of  the  communion  table,  against 
the  wall,  is  his  emgy  in  stone,  lying  at  length,  raised  a 
pretty  height  from  the  ground,  his  hands  in  the  posture 
of  praying ;  his  eyes  have  a  kind  of  white  in  the  pupil 
to  denote  his  blindness.  A  comely  face,  a  long  black 
beard  somewhat  forked  and  somewhat  curling,  vested  in 
his  doctor's  robes." 

The  inscription  on  the  monument  is  in  Latin,  and  to 
the  following  effect : — 

"Edmund  Grindal,  Cumberland,  Doctor  of  Divinity, 
eminent  for  his  learning,  prudence,  and  gravity;  re- 
markable for  his  constancy,  justice,  and  piety, — 
beloved  by  his  own  countrymen  and  by  foreigners — 
having  returned  from  exile,  which  he  suffered  for  the 
cause  of  the  gospel, — and  being  raised  to  the  summit  of 
dignity  by  successive  steps  of  honourable  advancement, 
governed  first  the  church  of  London,  then  of  York,  and 
lastly  of  Canterbury.  And  when  no  higher  place 
remained  on  earth  to  which  he  could  ascend,  his  free 
and  blessed  spirit  soared  aloft  to  heaven,  having  escaped 
from  the  bondage  of  mortality,  on  the  6th  of  July,  1583, 
being  the  63rd  year  of  his  age.  Besides  many  generous 
actions  which  he  did  in  life,  he  at  his  death  consecrated 
the  chief  of  his  possessions  to  pious  uses.  In  the  parish 
of  St.  Bees,  in  which  he  was  born,  he  provided  for  the 
erection  of  a  grammar-school  on  a  handsome  scale,  and 
bestowed  upon  it  a  liberal  endowment. 

He  founded  a  scholarship  at  Magdalen  college,  Cam- 
bridge, where  he  first  was  nourished  with  the  milk  of 
that  university.  To  Christ's  College,  where  he  prosecu- 
ted his  studies  in  more  mature  age,  he  left  an  acceptable 
memorial.  He  added  to  the  treasury,  and  to  the  Library 
of  Pembroke-hall,  of  which  he  was  once  a  fellow,  and 
afterwards  president,  and  bequeathed  ample  stipends  to 
the  reader  of  Greek,  one  fellow,  and  two  scholars.  He 
enriched  Queen's  College,  Oxford  (where  preference  is 
shown  to  men  of  Cumberland),  with  money,  books,  and 
a  considerable  revenue.  To  the  City  of  Canterbury,  the 
seat  of  his  authority,  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  gave 


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100£  towards  the  employment  of  poor  persons  in  some 
honest  works,  for  ever.  The  rest  of  his  property  he 
devoted  to  works  of  benevolence.  Thus  alike  in  life 
and  death,  he  filled  an  exalted  station  in  the  church,  in 
his  country,  and  in  the  paths  of  learning." 

Beneath  the  figure  of  the  archbishop,  on  the  monu- 
ment, are  lines  which  may  be  thus  rendered  : — 

(On  the  one  side.) 

"  The  Pastor  watchful,  moderate  and  just, 
Thrice  call'd  to  higher  dignity  and  trust, 
Well  nigh  with  sickness,  cares,  and  age  opprest 
Lo!  welcome  death  translates  to  peace  and  rest." 

Of  the  inscription  on  the  other  side,  the  following 
may  be  admitted  as  giving  the  sense  : — 

"Here  my  cold  limbs  in  marble  tomb  repose, 
To  times  remote  my  name  undying  flows, 
For  while  in  grateful  strains  the  muses  sing, 
The  classic  groves  with  Grind al's  name  shall  ring." 

And  on  another  part  of  the  monument  are  more  Latin 
verses,  of  the  following  purport : — 

"  Grind al,  wise,  generous,  learned,  just,  and  grave, 
To  bear  the  cross  in  time  of  danger  brave, 
In  brighter  days  the  church's  standard  bore 
Till  Christ's  sweet  summons  bade  his  spirit  soar." 


In  Exeter  Cathedral,  on  the  left  hand  as  you  enter 
the  choir,  under  the  organ  loft,  is  this  inscription  : — 

"  Leofricijs,   the  First  Bischoppe  of  Exceter,   lyeth 
Here." 


In  another  part  of  Exeter  Cathedral  is  another  in- 
scription ( less  clearly  visible,  just  under  the  effigy  of 
an  old  prophet),  seemingly  copied  from  this  : — 

"Heneicus,  the  last  Bischoppe  of  Exceter,  lyeth 
Here,  and  everywhere." 


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On  a  tablet  in  Peterborough  Cathedral : — 

"  Spencer  Madan,  D.D. 

Lord  Bishop  of  Peterborough  ; 

Translated  from  the  See  of  Bristol  in  1794, 

Died  November  the  8th,  1813, 

In  the  85th  year  of  his  age. 

In  sacred  sleep  the  pious  Bishop  lies, 

Say  not  in  Death — a  good  Man  never  dies." 


The  following  inscription  is  on  a  mural  tablet  in 
Gloucester  Cathedral : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  William  Warbtjrton,  D.D., 
for  more  than  19  years  bishop  of  this  See.  A  prelate 
of  the  most  sublime  genius  and  exquisite  learning.  Both 
which  talents  he  employed  through  a  long  life,  in  the 
support  of  what  he  firmly  believed  the  Christian  Eeli- 
gion,  and  of  what  he  esteemed  the  best  establishment 
of  it,  the  Church  of  England. 

He  was  born  at  Newark-upon-Trent,  Dec.  24,  1698, 
and  was  consecrated  bishop  of  Gloucester,  January  20th, 
1760.  Died  at  his  Palace  in  this  City,  June  7th,  1779, 
and  was  buried  near  this  place." 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  Thomas  Newton, 
bishop  of  Bristol,  in  St.  Mary-le-bow,  Cheapside.  He 
died  a.d.  1782,  aged  79  years: — 

"  In  thee,  the  fairest  bloom  of  opening  youth 
nourished  beneath  the  guard  of  Christian  truth ; 
That  guiding  truth  to  virtue  formed  thy  mind, 
And  warmed  thy  heart  to  feel  for  all  mankind  : 
How  sad  the  change — my  widow' d  days  now  prove, 
Thou  soul  of  friendship  and  of  tender  love  ; 
Yet  holy  faith  one  soothing  hope  supplies, 
That  points  our  future  union  to  the  skies." 


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On  Martin  Benson,  bishop  of  Gloucester,  in  the 
Cathedral : — 

"  Reader,  be  admonished  by  this  marble  to  imitate 
Martin  Benson,  late  bishop  of  this  Diocese.  A  rational 
piety  raised  the  views  of  this  excellent  man  above 
the  world,  and  formed  his  whole  into  a  truly  christian 
spirit  of  resignation.  An  uncommon  warmth  of  benevo- 
lence made  it  the  business  and  pleasure  of  his  life  to 
go  about  doing  good,  by  instruction  in  righteousness, 
and  by  works  of  charity.  He  watched  the  flock  of 
Christ  as  a  faithful  shepherd,  from  a  sense  of  his  own 
duty,  a  disinterested  concern  for  their  common  welfare : 
and  he  maintained  the  dignity  of  his  authority  by  the 
meekness  with  which  he  exercised  it. 

He  felt  a  deep  compassion  for  the  vicious,  and  showed 
it,  even  whilst  he  was  exposing  the  folly  and  wicked- 
ness of  vice,  with  a  strength  and  turn  of  language 
peculiar  to  himself.  His  reproofs  being  dictated  by 
friendship,  qualified  by  candour,  and  delivered  with  a 
natural  delicacy  of  manners,  were  sincere  without 
roughness,  and  endearing  without  dissimulation.  He 
was  by  constitution  liable  to  a  depression  of  spirits,  but 
innocence  of  heart  enlivened  his  mind  and  his  conver- 
sation with  a  cheerfulness  that  created  a  more  affec- 
tionate regard  for  his  superior  worth,  by  rendering  it 
more  familiar  and  amiable.  Under  the  most  acute  pain 
of  his  last  illness  he  possessed  his  soul  in  patience,  and 
with  a  firm  trust  in  his  Redeemer  calmly  resigned  his 
spirit  to  the  Father  of  Mercies." 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  monument  (by  Chan  trey) 
to  Bishop  Heber.  He  is  represented  kneeling,  with 
one  hand  upon  his  breast,  and  the  other  resting  upon  a 
Bible ;  on  the  pedestal,  he  is  confirming  two  Indian 
converts.     Below  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of 

Reginald  Heber,  D.D.,  Lord  Bishop  of  Calcutta, 

This  Monument  was  erected  by  those  who  loved  and 

admired  him. 

His  character  exhibited  a  rare  union 

of  fervent  zeal  with  universal  tolerance, 


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of  brilliant  talent  with  sober  judgment, 
and  was  especially  distinguished  by  Christian  humility, 

which  no  applause  could  disturb,  no  success  abate. 

He  cheerfully  resigned  prospects  of  eminence  at  home, 

in  order  to  become 

the  chief  Missionary  of  Christianity  in  the  East ; 

and  having,  in  the  short  space  of  3  years, 

visited  the  greater  part  of  India, 

and  conciliated  the  affections  and  veneration 

of  men  of  every  class  of  religion, 

he  was  there  summoned  to  receive  the  reward  of  his 

labours,  in  the  43rd  year  of  his  age,  1826. 

Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave,  but  we  will  not  deplore  thee, 
Though  sorrow  and  darkness  encompass  the  tomb; 

Thy  Saviour  has  passed  the  portals  before  thee, 

And  the  lamp  of  his  love  is  thy  guide  through  the  gloom. 

Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave,  but  we  will  not  deplore  thee, 
Whose  God  was  thy  ransom,  thy  guardian  and  guide  ; 

He  gave  thee,  he  took  thee,  and  he  will  restore  thee, 
And  Death  has  no  sting,  for  the  Saviour  has  died." 


FidtfcTs  Attekbttry,  D.D.,  bishop  of  Rochester,  was 
sentenced  in  1723,  to  perpetual  exile  for  a  treasonable 
correspondence,  and  he  died  in  Paris,  Feb.  15,  1731, 
aged  68,  his  only  daughter  having  expired  in  his  arms 
immediately  after  her  arrival  in  Trance  to  see  him.  He 
was  privately  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey,  and  the 
following  epitaph  written  for  him  by  Pope  : — 

"  SHE. 

Yes !  we  have  lived — one  pang,  and  then  we  part ! 
May  Heaven,  dear  Father  !  now  have  all  thy  heart : 
Yet,  ah  !  how  once  we  lov'd,  remember  still, 
Till  you  are  dust  like  me. 

HE. 

Dear  Shade  !  I  will : 
Then  mix  this  dust  with  thine — 0  spotless  ghost ! 
0  more  than  fortune,  friends,  or  country  lost ! 
Is  there  on  earth  one  care,  one  wish  beside  ? 
Yes — Save  my  Country,  Heav'n  ! 

He  said,  and  dy'd." 


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Miles  Coverdale,  bishop  of  Exeter,  who  produced 
the  first  entire  translation  of  the  protestant  Bible  in  the 
English  language,  died  in  February,  1568,  aged  81,  and 
was  buried  in  the  church  of  St.  Bartholomew,  by  the 
Royal  Exchange.  The  present  church  was  built  by  Sir 
Christopher  Wren,  in  1679,  on  the  site  of  the  old  one ; 
but  Stow,  in  describing  the  ancient  structure,  records  a 
certain  Latin  inscription,  which  he  tells  us  u  is  on  a 
fair  plated  stone,  on  the  ground  in  the  chancel."  The 
following  is  a  translation  of  the  Latin  inscription  : — 

"  Epitaph  on  the  Eight  Reverend  Father  in  God, 

Miles  Coverdale,  an  Octogenarian. 

This  Tomb  which  at  last  offers  repose,  and  a 

termination  of  his  labours,  holds  the 

bones  of  Coverdale  ! 

"Who,  as  Bishop  of  Exeter,  distinguished  himself 

by  the  exemplary  probity  of  his  life. 

He  liv'd  to  the  good  old  age  of  eighty-one, 

Too  long  an  innocent  exile  from  his  native  country. 

After  undergoing  a  variety  of  troubles, 

He  is  here  received  into  the  friendly  bosom 

of  the  grave. 

M." 


There  is  no  account  or  appearance  of  any  interment 
in  Lambeth  Palace  Chapel,  except  of  Archbishop  Parker," 
who  died  in  1575,  aged  71,  and  who  desired  by  his  will 
to  be  buried  there.  The  spot  where  his  body  now  rests 
is  marked  by  the  following  words,  cut  on  a  slab  imme- 
diately in  front  of  the  communion  rails  : — 

"  Corpus  Mattheei  Archiepiscopi, 
Tandem  Hie  Quiescit." 


Dr.  Joseph  Hall,  bishop  of  Norwich,  who  died  there 
in  1656,  aged  82,  he  being  an  enemy  to  burying  in 
churches,  directed  that  his  body  should  be  buried  in  the 
churchyard. 


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In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  monument  to  Bishop 
Middleton.  His  lordship  is  represented  as  confirming 
two  Hindoos.     The  inscription  is  : — 

"  Thomas  Fanshaw  Middleton,  D.D. 

First  Protestant  Bishop  in  India, 

Consecrated  to  the  See  of  Calcutta,  May  8th,  1814, 

died  July  8th,  1822. 

This  monument  was  erected  by  the  joint 

contribution  of  Members  of  the  Society  for 

Promoting  Christian  Knowledge, 

and  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel." 


Reginald  Pole,  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  under 
Queen  Mary,  died  Nov.  18th,  1558,  aged  58,  and  was 
interred  with  great  pomp  on  the  north  side  of  Thomas 
a  Becket's  chapel  in  Canterbury  Cathedral.  Over  his 
grave  was  erected  a  tomb,  on  which  were  inscribed  only 
these  three  words,  as  sufficient  to  his  fame  : — 

"  Depositum  Cardinalis  Poll" 


The  following  is  inscribed  on  the  tomb  of  the 
Eev.  Dean  Deelincouet,  in  the  Cathedral  church  of 
Armagh : — 

.  "  Such  was  the  second  Dkelincoltlt  !  a  name 
Victorious  over  death — and  dear  to  fame. 
The  Christian's  praise  by  different  measures  won, 
Successive  grac'd  the  father  and  the  son, 
To  sacred  service,  one  his  wealth  consigned, 
And  one  the  living  treasures  of  his  mind. 
'Twere  rash  to  say  whose  talent  did  excel, 
Each  was  so  rich,  and  each  improved  so  well. 
Nor  was  the  charity  delay' d  till  death, 
He  chose  to  give  what  others  did  bequeath, 
Much  tho'  he  gave,  and  oft,  yet  more  he  meant, 
Had  life  proportioned  to  his  will  been  lent ; 
But  to  complete  a  scheme  so  well  design' d, 
Belongs  to  her  who  shar'd  his  bed  and  mind  : 
Whose  pious  sorrows  thus  to  future  days, 
Transmit  his  image,  and  extend  his  praise." 


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In  St.  Mary's  churchyard,  Gloucester  : — 

"John  Hooper,  D.D. 

Bishop  of 

Gloucester  and  Worcester, 

was  burnt  on  this  spot, 

on  Saturday, 

February  IX,  MDLV. 

For  his  steady  adherance 

to  the 

Protestant  Religion. " 


Over  the  tomb  of  Pope  Adrian  VI.,  who  died  in 
1523,  was  placed  his  own  exclamation  : — 

"  Let  a  man  be  never  so  good,  how  much  depends 
on  the  times  in  which  he  is  born." 


In  the  epitaph  on  the  monument  of  Dr.  Wm.  Wynne, 
in  Mold  church,  in  Flintshire,  are  these  words  : — 

"  In  conformity  to  an  ancient  usage, 

From  a  proper  regard  to  decency, 

And  a  concern  for  the  health 

of  his  fellow  creatures, 

He  was  moved  to  give  particular  directions 

for  being  buried  in  the  adjoining  churchyard 

And  not  in  the  church." 


Dr.  Samuel  Parr,  the  learned  divine  and  critic,  died 
without  pain,  Jan.  6th,  1825,  aged  80.  He  was  buried 
in  Hatton  churchyard,  where  a  monument  is  erected  to 
his  memory,  with  the  following  beautiful  quotation  from 
the  Scriptures,  selected  by  himself : — 

"  What  doth  the  Lord  require  of  thee,  but  to  do  justly, 
and  to  love  mercy,  and  to  walk  humbly  with  thy  God." 


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On  Dr.  Thomas  Paexell,  the  divine  and  poet,  who 
died  at  Chester,  1717,  aged  48  years  ( by  Oliver  Gold- 
smith) : — 

"This  tomb  inscribed  to  gentle  Parnell's  name, 
May  speak  our  gratitude,  but  not  his  fame. 
What  heart  but  feels  his  sweetly — moral  lay, 
That  leads  to  truth  through  pleasure's  flowery  way. 
Celestial  themes  confess' d  his  tuneful  aid  ; 
And  Heaven,  that  lent  him  genius,  was  repaid. 
Needless  to  him  the  tribute  we  bestow, 
The  transitory  breath  of  fame  below  : 
More  lasting  rapture  from  his  works  shall  rise 
While  converts  thank  their  Poet  in  the  skies." 


On   Dr.   Playfee,    Margaret   Professor  of  Divinity, 
who  died  about  1607 — 8  : — 

"  Who  lives  with  Death,  by  Death  in  Death  is  lying, 
But  he  who  living  dies,  best  lives  by  dying : 
Who  life  to  truth,  who  death  to  error  gives, 
In  life  may  die,  by  death  more  surely  lives. 

My  soul  in  Heaven  breathes,  in  schools  my  fame, 
Then  on  my  tomb  write  nothing  but  my  name." 


On  the  Rev.  Charles  Wesley,  of  London,  who  died 
March  29,  1785,  and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of 
St.  Mary-le-bone.  The  lines  were  written  by  himself, 
on  the  death  of  one  of  his  friends  : — 

"With  poverty  of  spirit  blest, 
Rest,  happy  saint  in  Jesus,  rest ! 
A  sinner  sav'd,  through  grace  forgiven, 
Redeem' d  from  earth  to  reign  in  heaven. 
Thy  labours  of  unwearied  love, 
By  thee  forgot —  are  crown' d  above ; 
Crown' d  through  the  mercy  of  thy  Lord, 
With  a  free,  full,  immense  reward." 


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Df  VINES. 


In  St.  Patrick's  Cathedral,  and  near  to  the  monument 
of  Dean  Swift,  is  a  tablet  to  the  memory  of  his  intimate 
friend  and  favourite  Mrs.  Johnson  (Stella).  The  fol- 
lowing is  the  inscription  : — 

"  Underneath  lie  interred  the 

mortal  remains 

of  Mrs.  Hester  Johnson,  better 

known  to  the  world  by  the 

name  of  Stella,  under  which 

she  is  celebrated  in  the 

writings  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Swift, 

Dean  of  this  Cathedral. 

She  was  a  person 

of  extraordinary  endowments 

and   accomplishments   in   body, 

mind,  and  behaviour;   justly 

admired  and  respected  by  all  who  knew 

her,  on  account  of  her 

many   eminent   virtues, 

as   well   as   for  her  great 

natural  and  acquired  perfection. 

She  died  January  27th,  1727, 

in  the  46th  year  of  her  age ; 

and  by  her  will  bequeathed 

one   thousand   pounds   towards 

the  support  of  a  chaplain 

to  the  Hospital  founded  in 

this  city  by  Dr.  Stephens." 


At  Clare,  Suffolk  :— 

"In  the  nave  of  this  Church 
lie  the  remains  of 
The  Rev.  George  Wightman,  D.D. 
who  departed  this  life 
on  the  3rd  of  August,   1854. 
In  affectionate  remembrance  of  one  who  faithfully 
laboured  amongst  them,  first  as  curate  and  afterwards 
as  vicar  for  30  years,   the  parishioners  of  Clare  have 
raised  this  tablet,  recording  thereon  the  words  he  him- 
self suggested  for  his  epitaph — 

'A  sinner  saved  by  grace.'  " 


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Dean  Swift  was  buried  in  St.  Patrick's  Cathedral, 
and  by  way  of  monument,  a  slab  of  black  marble  was 
placed  against  the  wall,  on  which  was  engraven  the 
following  Latin  epitaph,  written  by  himself  : — 

Hie  depositum  est  corpus 

Jonathan    Swift,     ST.  P. 

Hujus    Ecclesiae    Cathedralis 

Decani : 

Ubi  sseva  indignatio 

Ulterius  cor  lacerare  nequit. 

Abi,  viator, 

Et  imitare,  si  poteris, 

Strenuum  pro  virili  libertatis  vindicem. 

Obiit  anno  (1745) 

Mensis  (Octobris)  die  (19) 

JEtatis  anno  (78)." 


On  the  Eev.  Mr.  Penrose,  32  years  vicar  of  St.  Glu- 
vias,  Cornwall  (by  Hannah  More) :  — 

"  If  social  manners,  if  the  gentlest  mind, 
If  zeal  for  God,  and  love  for  human  kind  ; 
If  all  the  charities  which  life  endear 
May  claim  affection,  or  demand  a  tear, 
Then  over  Penrose's  venerable  urn 
Domestic  love  may  weep,   and  friendship  mourn. 

The  path  of  duty  still,  untir'd,  he  trod, 
He  walk'd  in  safety,  for  he  walk'd  with  God  ! 
When  past  the  power  of  precept  and  of  prayer, 
Yet  still  his  flock  remain' d  the  shepherd's  care ; 
Their  wants  still  kindly  watchful  to  supply, 
He  taught  his  best,  last  lesson,  how  to  die." 


Dr.  Fuller,  the  historian  and  divine,  was  very  much 
pleased  with  the  conceit  of  his  epitaph,  made  by  a  hon 
companion : — 

"  Here  lies  Fuller's  Earth." 

His  epitaph  in  Westminster  Abbey  is  said  to  consist  of 
those  four  words  only.  He  died  August,  1661,  aged 
53  years. 


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DIVINES. 


Tomb  of  Henry  Maetyn,  the  missionary,   who  died 
in  Persia  a.d.  1812,  aged  31  years: — 

"  On  leaving  the  Greek  Church  (at  Tocat)  we  pro- 
ceeded to  the  Armenian  Cemetery,  accompanied  by  an 
Armenian  Priest,  whom  we  had  encountered  on  the  way. 
He  was  the  individual  who  had  performed  the  last  rites 
of  Christian  burial  over  the  remains  of  the  devoted 
missionary  Martyn,  who  died  here,  on  his  way  back  to 
his  native  land,  far  from  his  fellow-countrymen,  sur- 
rounded by  strangers,  and  exposed  to  the  brutality  of 
his  Tatar,  who  hurried  him  on  without  mercy  from 
stage  to  stage.  The  poor  Armenians,  however,  did  what 
they  could.  They  tended  his  dying  pillow,  and  they 
consigned  his  last  relics  to  the  dust,  accompanied  by  the 
solemn,  soothing  rites  of  the  Christian  service.  Their 
simple  veneration  for  him  outlasted  the  tomb,  and  the 
hands  of  the  christians  of  Tocat  weed  and  tend  the 
grave  of  the  stranger  from  a  distant  isle.  The  Arme- 
nian priest  who  accompanied  us  stood  for  some  moments 
with  his  turban  off,  at  the  head  of  the  grave,  engaged 
in  prayer.  As  we  turned  to  go  away,  he  remarked,  'he 
was  a  martyr  of  Jesus  Christ ;  may  his  soul  rest  in 
peace  ! '  A  few  wild  flowers  were  growing  by  his  grave  ; 
I  plucked  one  of  them,  and  have  regarded  it  ever  since 
as  the  memorial  of  a  martyr's  resting  place." — Notes 
from  Nineveh,  and  Travels  in  Mesopotamia,  Assyria,  and 
Syria  (by  the  Rev.  J.  P.  Fletcher,  Philadelphia.) 


In  Bristol  Cathedral  is  a  monument  to  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Deapee,  the  "  Eliza  "  of  Sterne,  bearing  the 
following  inscription  : — 

"  Sacred 

To  the  Memory 

of 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Deapee  : 

in  whom 

Genius  and  Benevolence 

were  united. 

She  died  August  3rd,  1778,  Aged  35." 


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On  a  country  clergyman  : — 

Still  like  his  Saviour  known  by  breaking  bread, 
The  rich  he  entertain' d,  the  needy  fed; 
Of  humour  easy,  and  of  life  unblam'd, 
The  friend  delighted,  while  the  priest  reclaim' d  : 
The  friend,  the  father,  and  the  husband  gone, 
The  priest  still  lives  in  this  recording  stone ; 
"Where  pious  eyes  may  read  his  praises  o'er 
And  leam  each  grace  his  pulpit  taught  before." 


The  Eev.  Beexaed  Gilpin  was  originally  a  Eoman 
Catholic,  but  afterwards  turned  to  the  Protestant  faith. 
He  was  presented  by  Bishop  Tunstall  to  the  rectory  of 
Houghton  -le- Spring,  in  Durham,  and  was  afterwards 
confined  by  order  of  Queen  Alary,  but  on  his  journey  to 
London  by  accident  he  broke  his  leg,  and  before  he  could 
reach  London  Queen  Alary  died.  He  was  one  of  the 
finest  characters  of  any  age ;  hospitable  and  charitable 
without  bounds.  He  died  March,  1583,  aged  65,  and 
lies  buried  in  Houghton  church.  In  raised  characters 
is  the  following  inscription  : — 

' '  Beexeed  obit  Qua 

Gnrix  Be  ETO  DIE.  AI 

ctor  Hv  AETII.  AX 

jvs  ecclesise  DOAL   1585.' 


c    >> 


In  the  crypt  of  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  the  tomb  of 
kelson's  brother,  on  which  is  placed  the  following 
inscription,  which  notes  the  titles  he  obtained  through 
his  distinguished  brother  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  the  Eight  Honourable  and 
Eev.  William  Xelsox,  D.D.,  Baron  Xelson  of  the  2s"ile, 
Viscount  Xelson  and  Earl  Xelson  of  Trafalgar,  and 
Duke  of  Bronte  in  Sicily,  who  died  on  the  28th  Feb- 
ruary, 1835,  in  the  78th  year  of  his  age ;  and  lies  buried 
here  in  the  same  vault  with  his  wife,  Saeah,  Countess 
of  Xelson  :  near  the  remains  of  his  only  son,  Viscount 
Trafalgar ;  and  of  his  illustrious  brother,  Horatio,  Vis- 
count Xelson." 


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DIVINES. 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  the  Rev.  George 
Scott,  who  became  rector  of  Kentisbeare,  in  Devon- 
shire, in  1828,  and  died  there  the  9th  June,  1830. 
This  epitaph  appears  on  his  tomb  in  the  chancel  there, 
and  was  written  by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  Bart. : — 

"  To  youth,  to  age,  alike,  this  Tablet  pale 
Tells  the  brief  moral  of  its  tragic  tale. 
Art  thou  a  parent  ?     Eeverence  this  bier, 
The  parents'  fondest  hopes  lie  buried  here. 
Art  thou  a  youth,  prepared  in  life  to  start, 
With  opening  talents  and  a  generous  heart, 
Fair  hopes  and  nattering  prospects  all  thine  own  ? 
Lo  !  here  their  end — a  monumental  stone. 
But  let  submission  tame  each  sorrowing  thought ; 
Heaven  crown' d  its  champion  ere  the  fight  was  fought." 


On  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hunter,  who  received  a  degree  from 
the  University  of  Oxford  for  his  work  against  Lord 
Bolingbroke's  Philosophy  (by  Hannah  More)  : — 

"  Go,  happy  spirit,  seek  that  blissful  land 
Where  zealous  Michael  leads  the  glorious  band 
Of  those  who  fought  for  truth  ;  blest  spirit,  go, 
And  perfect  all  the  good  begun  below ; 
Go  hear  applauding  Saints  delighted  tell 
How  vanquished  Falsehood  at  thy  bidding  fell ! 
Blest  in  that  heav'n  whose  paths  thy  virtue  sought ; 
Blest  in  that  God  whose  cause  thou  well  hast  fought. 
0  let  thy  honour' d  shade  his  care  approve, 
Who  this  memorial  rears  of  filial  love  : 
A  son,  whose  father,  living,  was  his  pride ; 
A  son,  who  mourns  that  such  a  father  died." 


At  Castle  Camps,   Cambridgeshire,  is  the  following 
epitaph  on  a  former  Rector  : — 

"  Mors  mortis  morti  mortem  nise  morte  dedisset, 
-ZEternae  Vitae  Janua  clausa  foret." 
The  translation  is  obviously  :   "  Unless  the  Death  of 
Death  (Christ)  had  given  death  to  Death  by  his  own 
death,  the  gate  of  eternal  life  had  been  closed." 


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At  Hackney : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

The  Eev.  Dayid  Geokge  Davis, 

of  this  Parish, 

Who  departed  this  life,  Jan.  10,   1812,  aged  42  years, 

After  a  long  affliction,  which  he  bore 
"With  manly  fortitude  and  steady  faith. 

If  dumb  too  long  the  drooping  mate  hath  staid, 
And  left  her  debt  of  sacred  love  unpaid ; 
Blame  not  her  silence,  readers,  but  bemoan, 
And  judge,  Oh  judge  my  feelings  by  your  own. 
To  strew  fresh  laurels  let  the  task  be  mine, 
A  frequent  pilgrim  at  thy  sacred  shrine  ;" 
Mine,  with  true  sighs  thy  absence  to  bemoan, 
And  'grave  with  faithful  epitaph  the  stone  : 
Live  here  on  earth,  preparing  for  the  skies, 
Then  at  the  last  great  day  together  rise, 
For  God  forbids  the  virtuous  soul  to  die, 
Though  we  awhile  may  here  united  lie." 


The  celebrated  Eev.  William  Whistos-  was  buried 
in  Lyndon  churchyard,  in  Rutlandshire;  on  his  tomb 
is  the  following  inscription : — 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  the  Eeverend  Mr.  "William 
Whistox,  M.A.,  some  time  professor  of  the  Mathematics 
in  the  University  of  Cambridge  :  who  was  born  Dec.  9th, 
1667,  and  died  Aug.  22nd,  1752,  in  the  85th  year  of 
his  age. 

Endued  with  an  excellent  genius,  indefatigable  in 
labour  and  study,  he  became  learned  in  divinity,  ancient 
history,  chronology,  philosophy,  and  mathematics. 

Fertile  in  sentiment,  copious  in  language,  skilful  to 
convey  instruction,  he  introduced  the  Xewtonian  Philo- 
sophy, then  buried  in  the  deep  recesses  of  geometry, 
into  public  knowledge ;  and  thereby  displayed  the  won- 
derful works  of  God. 

More  desirous  to  discover  His  will,  he  applied  himself 
chiefly  to  the  examination  and  study  of  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures. Eesolved  to  practise  it,  he  sacrificed  great 
worldly  advantages,  and  greater  expectations,  that  he 
might  preserve  the  testimony  of  a  good  conscience. 


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Firmly  persuaded  of  the  truth  and  importance  of 
revealed  religion,  he  exerted  his  utmost  abilities  to 
enforce  the  evidence,  to  explain  the  doctrine,  and  to 
promote  the  practise  of  Christianity  :  worshipping  with 
the  most  profound  submission  and  adoration,  the  Su- 
preme Majesty  of  one  God  and  Father  of  all,  through 
the  intercession  and  mediation  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
by  the  grace  and  influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and 
testifying  the  sincerity  of  his  profession  by  the  due 
obedience  of  an  holy  life. 

Strictly  tenacious  of  his  integrity,  equally  fervent  in 
piety  and  charity,  ardent  to  promote  the  glory  of  God, 
and  the  good  of  mankind;  zealous  in  the  pursuit  of 
truth,  and  practice  of  virtue,  he  persevered  with  faith 
and  patience,  steadfast  and  unmoveable,  always  abounding 
in  the  work  of  the  Lord,  through  many  trials  and  much 
tribulation,  to  the  end  of  his  course,  full  of  days,  and 
ripe  for  paradise,  in  a  firm  assurance  of  a  joyful  resur- 
rection to  everlasting  life  and  happiness. 

Remember,  reader,  whoever  thou  art,  if  thou  canst 
not  attain  to  the  measure  of  his  learning  and  knowledge ; 
that  it  is  in  thy  power  to  equal  him  in  piety,  probity, 
holiness  and  other  Christian  graces,  and  that  thou 
mayest  thereby  obtain,  together  with  him,  through  the 
mercies  of  God,  and  merits  of  Christ,  an  everlasting 
crown  of  glory." 


On  the  Rev.  Cheistophee  Pitt,   the  poet,  at  Bland- 
ford,  in  Dorsetshire : — 

"  In  Memory  of 
Che.  Pitt,  Clerk,  M.A. 

very  eminent 

for  his  talents  in  Poetry: 

and  yet  more 

For  the  universal  candour  of 

his  mind,  and  the  primitive 

simplicity  of  his  manners : 

He  lived  innocent : 

and  died  beloved, 

Apr.  13,  1748, 

aged  48." 


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On  William  Carey,  the  first  missionary  at  Seram- 
pore.  William  Carey  arrived  at  Serampore  with  the 
Rev.  John  Thomas,  January,  1800.  He  was  only  a 
village  schoolmaster,  but  before  he  left  England,  he  used 
to  read  a  chapter  in  the  Bible  every  morning,  in  six 
different  languages ;  and  for  37  years  he  laboured  at 
the  translation  of  the  Bible,  and  was  the  principal  means 
of  furnishing  many  millions  of  immortal  souls  with  the 
Bible  in  their  own  language.  The  inscription  on  his 
tombstone  is  simply  this,  according  to  his  own  wish : — 

"  "William  Caret 

Born  17th  of  August,  1761, 

Died  9th  of  June,  1834. 

'  A  wretched,  poor,  and  helpless  worm 
On  thy  kind  arms  I  fall.'  " 


The  Rev.  John  Newton,  the  friend  of  the  poet 
Cowper,  was  rector  of  St.  Mary,  Woolnoth,  London,  28 
years.  He  died  a.d.  1797,  aged  72  years,  and  a  tablet 
in  the  church  has  been  erected  to  his  memory,  bearing 
the  following  inscription,  written  by  himself: — 

"  John  Newton,  clerk,  once  an  infidel  and  libertine, 
a  servant  of  slaves  in  Africa,  was,  by  the  rich  mercy  of 
our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  preserved,  restored, 
pardoned,  and  appointed  to  preach  the  faith  he  had  long 
laboured  to  destroy." 


Dr.  John  Rainolds,  the  divine,  died  a  d.  1607,  aged 
58,  and  was  interred  with  great  solemnity  in  the  chapel 
of  Corpus  Christi  college,  where  a  monument  was  erected 
to  his  memory  by  his  successor  in  the  presidentship,  Dr. 
Spencer,  with  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Yirtuti  sacrum.  Jo.  Rainolds  S 
Theol.  D,  eruditione,  pietate,  integritate  incomparabile, 
hujus  Coll.    Prseses,  qui  obiit,  &c.     Jo  Spencer  auditor, 
successor,  virtutum  et  sanctitatis  admirator  HM  amoris 
erga  posuit." 


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On   the   Rev.   Mr.  Love,    in   Bristol   Cathedral  (by 
Hannah  More)  : — 

"  When  worthless  grandeur  fills  th' embellished  urn, 
No  poignant  grief  attends  the  sable  bier ; 
But  when  distinguish' d  excellence  we  mourn, 
Deep  is  the  sorrow,  genuine  is  the  tear. 

Stranger  !  should' st  thou  approach  this  awful  shrine, 
The  merits  of  the  honoured  dead  to  seek  ; 

The  friend,  the  son,  the  christian,  the  divine, 

Let  those  who  knew  him,  those  who  lov'd  him  speak. 

0  let  them  in  some  pause  of  anguish  say, 

What  zeal  inflamed,  what  faith  enlarged  his  breast ; 

How  glad  th'unfetter'd  spirit  wing'd  its  way 

From  earth  to  heaven,  from  blessing  to  be  blest !" 


The  Rev.  George  Herbert,  whose  Poems  and  Country 
Parson  are  well  known,  died  of  consumption  at  Bemer- 
ton  rectory,  Wiltshire,  a.d.  1635,  aged  40,  and  was 
buried  in  Bemerton  church.  A  writer  in  a  periodical 
in  1854,  says — "I  entered  Bemerton  church,  I  was 
aware  that  he  was  buried  near  the  altar,  under  a  broad 
flat  stone,  without  any  inscription  ;  yet  hoped  to  have 
the  pleasure  of  seeing  the  stone  that  covered  the  remains 
of  such  an  example  of  goodness,  and  perhaps  finding 
the  initials,  a  date,  or  some  memorial  however  slight. 
But  great  was  my  disappointment  to  find  the  altar  raised 
by  a  platform  of  wood,  and  the  pavement  entirely  con- 
cealed. I  turned  to  the  clerk,  in  the  hope  of  finding 
some  lingering  tradition,  but  in  vain ;  he  had  not  even 
heard  the  name  of  Herbert." 


Dr.  Richard  Parr  died  November,  1691,  aged  74, 
and  was  buried  in  Camberwell  churchyard,  where  it  is 
inscribed  on  his  monument,  that  "  he  was  in  preaching 
constant :  in  life  exemplary  :  in  piety  and  charity  most 
eminent :  a  lover  of  peace  and  hospitality  :  and,  in  fine 
a  true  disciple  of  Jesus  Christ." 


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On  a  monument  erected  in  Epsom  church,  in  Surrey, 
to  the  memory  of  the  Eev.  Joxaihax  BorcuEE,  is  the 
following  : — 

"Wear  this  place  are  deposited, 

In  the  hope  of  a  blessed  resurrection  to  eternal  life, 

The  remains  of  the  Rev.  Joxathax  Boechee,  M.A,  F.A.S. 

Xineteen  years  Vicar  of  this  Parish  : 

He  was  born  at  Blencogo,  in  Cumberland.  12th  March, 

173$  ;  and  died  27th  April,  1804. 

A  faithful  steward  of  the  mysteries  of  God,  he  ever 

Maintained  and   enforced,   both   by  his   writings   and 

Discourses,  that  form  of  sound  doctrine  delivered 
Tnto  the  Saints  ;  whilst  in  his   opinions   and  practice 

He  exhibited  a  bright  example  of  Christian  Charity. 

Few  men  possessed  a  larger  store  of  various  knowledge, 

Or  greater  liberality  of  communication: 

And  the  success  with  which,  in  the  intervals  of  more 

Important  pursuits,  he  cultivated  English  Philological 

Antiquities,  will  excite  the  regret  of  all  the  learned 

For  the  event  which  has  left  his 

Valuable  labours  unfinished. 

His  loyalty  to  his  King  remained  unshaken,  even  when 

The  madness  of  the  people  raged  furiously  against  him  : 

And.  for  conscience  sake,  he  resigned  ease  and  affluence  in 

America,  to  endure  hardships  and  poverty  in  his  native  land; 

But  the  Lord  gave  him  twice  as  much  as  he  had  before, 

And  blessed  his  latter  end  more  than  his  beginning." 


Dr.  Johx  Joeetx,  a  learned  divine,  and  author  of 
many  works,  died  Sep.  o,  1770,  and  was  biuied  in  the 
new  churchyard  at  Kensington,  as  he  had  directed,  and 
had  a  flat  stone  laid  over  him,  with  this  inscription 
dictated  by  himself: — 

"  Joaxxes  Joeiix 

Mortalis  esse  desiit, 

Anno    Salutis    1770, 

^Etatis  72." 

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DIVINES. 


The  Eev.  Laurence  Sterne,  M.A.,  was  buried  in 
the  new  burying  ground  belonging  to  the  parish  of  St. 
George,  Hanover  Square,  where  he  has  a  monument 
raised  by  two  strangers,  on  which  is  inscribed  the  fol- 
lowing lines  : — 

"Near  to  this  Place 

Lies  the  Body  of 

The  Reverend  Laurence  Sterne,  A.M. 

Died  September  13th,*  1768, 

Aged  53  years. 

Ah  !  molliter  ossa  quiescant. 

If  a  sound  Head,  warm  Heart,  and  Breast  humane, 
Unsullied  "Worth,  and  Soul  without  a  Stain ; 
If  Mental  Powers  could  ever  justly  claim 
The  well- won  Tribute  of  immortal  Fame, 
Sterne  was  the  Man,  who,  with  gigantic  Stride 
Mow'd  down  luxuriant  Follies  far  and  wide. 
Yet  what  tho'  keenest  Knowledge  of  Mankind, 
Unseal' d  to  him  the  springs  that  move  the  Mind ; 
What  did  it  cost  him  ?     Ridicul'd,  abus'd, 
By  Pools  insulted,  and  by  Prudes  accus'd  ! 
In  his,  mild  Reader,  view  thy  future  fate  ; 
Like  him,  despise  what  'twere  a  Sin  to  hate. 

This  Monumental  Stone  was  erected  by  two  brother 
masons ;  for,  though  he  did  not  live  to  be  a  member  of 
their  society,  yet,  as  his  all-incomparable  performances 
evidently  prove  him  to  have  acted  by  rule  and  square, 
they  rejoice  in  this  opportunity  of  perpetuating  his  high 
and  irreproachable  character  to  after  ages." — W.  Sf  S. 


On  the  Rev.  Laurence  Sterne  (by  David  Garrick) : — 

Shall  pride,  a  heap  of  sculp tur'd  marble  raise, 
Some  worthless  unmourn'd  titled  fool  to  praise  ? 
And  shall  we  not  by  one  poor  grave-stone  learn, 
Where  genius,  wit,  and  humour,  sleep  with  Sterne." 


He  died  March  18th. 

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Another  epitaph  on  Sterne  : — 

"How  often  wrongs  our  nomenclature, 
How  our  names  differ  from  our  nature 

'Tis  easy  to  discern  : 
Here  lies  the  quintessence  of  wit, 
For  mirth  and  humour  none  more  fit, 

And  yet  men  call  him  Stern — e." 


The  following  is  on  a  brass  plate  in  the  chancel  of 
Great  Billing  church,  Northamptonshire  : — 

"  Justinian  Brassgirdle  underneath  this  stone, 
Hath  left  his  pawne  of  resurrection  ; 
Who  four  and  fifty  winters  did  afforde 
This  flocke  the  pasture  of  God's  heavenly  worde, 
And  all  his  lifetime  did  employ  his  care 
So  to  growe  rich  to  make  the  poore  his  heyre. 
Being  charityes  faithful  steward,  he  imparts 
Twelve  hundred  pounds  to  nourish  Oxford  artes ; 
Then  if  our  God  to  them  ope  heaven  doore, 
That  give  but  drops  of  water  to  the  poore, 
Sure  his  wise  soul  laid  up  a  treasure  there, 
That  nere  shall  rust — who  now  bought  heaven  sodeare; 
"When  faith  and  good  workes  have  so  long  contended, 
That  faith  is  almost  dead,  and  good  workes  ended. 
Obijt  Octob.  25,  1625." 


The  Bev.  Bobert  Burton,  a  celebrated  writer  of  the 
1 7th  century,  and  author  of  the  ' '  Anatomy  of  Melan- 
choly," by  Democritus,  Junior,  died  1640,  aged  64,  and 
was  buried  at  Christ  Church,  with  the  following  epitaph, 
said  to  have  been  his  own  composition : — 

"  Paucis  notus,  paucioribus  ignotus, 
Hie  Jacet  Democritus  Junior ; 
Cui  vitam  pariter  et  mortem. 
Dedid  Melancholia." 


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DIVINES. 


In  St.  Peter's  church,  Colchester,  Essex,  is  this  me- 
morial to  the  Kev.  Samuel  Caee,  M.A.  : — 

"Phil.  iv.  7,  8.  In  memory  of  Samuel  Caee,  M.A. 
late  vicar  of  this  parish,  and  sometime  Fellow  of  Queen's 
College,  Cambridge,  who  departed  this  life,  June  17, 
1854,  aged  63.  Called  in  the  providence  of  God  to 
minister  in  his  native  town,  he  held  the  charge  of  this 
parish  for  25  years,  during  which  time  he  faithfully 
preached  the  gospel,  setting  forth  Christ  as  the  only 
refuge  for  sinners,  declaring  the  whole  counsel  of  God, 
and  showing  to  all  men  the  gentleness  and  uncorrupt- 
ness,  gravity  and  sincerity  of  the  Christian  pastor.  In 
grateful  and  affectionate  remembrance  of  his  worth,  this 
monumental  stone  is  erected  by  his  parishioners." 


On  a  tablet  on  the  outside  of  the  parish  church  of 
Brailes,  Warwickshire  : — 


t 


"  Pray  for  the  soul  of  the 

Eev.  John  Austin-, 

Many  years  Pastor  to  the  Catholics 

of  Brailes  and  neighbourhood. 

He  died  27th  Aug  :   1809,  aged  68. 

B.  I.  P.  " 


In  Trowbridge   Church,   Wiltshire,  is   a  monument 

(executed  by  E.  H.  Baily)  to  the  memory  of  the  Eev. 

Geoege  Ceabbe,  the  poet.     The  inscription  is  : — 

"  Sacred 

To  the  Memory  of 

The  Eevd.  G.  Ceabee,  L.L.B. 

who  died  on  the  3rd  of  Feb.,  1832,  in  the  78th  year 

of  his  age,  and  the   18th  of  his  Services  as  Eector  of 

this  Parish. 

Born  in  humble  life  he  made  himself  what  he  was ; 

Breaking  through  the  obscurity  of  his  birth  by  the  force 

of  his  Genius ; 


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Yet  lie  never  ceased  to  feel  for  the  less  fortunate ; 
entering  as  his  works  can  testify  into  the  sorrows  and 
wants  of  the  poorest  of  his  Parishioners,  and  so  discharg- 
ing the  duties  of  a  Pastor  and  a  Magistrate  as  to  endear 
himself  to  all  around  him. "  As  a  writer  he  cannot  be 
better  described  than  in  the  words  of  a  great  Poet,  his 
contemporary  : 

'  Tho'  nature's  sternest  painter,  yet  her  best.' 

This  Monument  was  erected  by  some  of  his  affectionate 
Mends  and  Parishioners." 


The  Bev.  Edwaed  Young,  author  of  the  "Night 
Thoughts,"  died  at  Welwyn,  in  Herts,  April,  1765, 
aged  83.     His  epitaph  is  as  follows  : — 

"M.  S. 

Optimi  Parentis 

Edwabdi  Young,  L.L.D. 

Hujus  Ecclesise  rect. 

Et  Elizabeths 

faem  prsenob 

Conjugis  ejus  amantissimse, 

Pio  et  gratissimo  animo 

Hoc  marmor  posuit 

E.  Y. 
Filius  superstes." 


The  Eeverend  John  de  Campden,  Master  of  the  Hos- 
pital of  the  Holy  Cross,  Canon  of  Southwell  Minster, 
Eector  of  Cheriton,  and  a  great  benefactor  to  St.  Mary's 
College,  Winchester.  His  monument  lies  in  the  nave 
of  the  splendid  and  interesting  church  of  this  hospital, 
and  is  inlaid  in  a  slab  of  Purbeck  marble.  It  was 
erected  by  him  during  his  own  lifetime ;  and  as  there  is 
no  date  upon  it,  the  deep-cut  lines  and  other  peculiarities 
show  it  to  have  been  erected  near  the  end  of  the  14th 
century.  A  surplice  reaches  to  his  feet  and  has  long 
wide  sleeves;  of  his  cassock  only  the  ends  of  the 
sleeves  are  visible.  Between  the  uplifted  hands  are 
held  two  scrolls  with  these  words : — 


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"  Jesu  cum  venieris  judicare  noli  me  condemnare." 
"  Qui  plasmasti  me  miserere  mei." 

i.e.,  "  When  thou,  0  Jesus,  shalt  be  come  to  judge,   be 
unwilling  to  condemn  me." 

"  Thou  who  hast  made  me  have  mercy  upon  me." 

At  the  foot  of  the  figure  is  the  following  legend : 

"  Hie  jacet  Johannes  de  Campden,  quondam  custos  istius 
Hospitalis  cujus  anima3  propicietor  deus." 


The  Rev.  "William  Lisle  Bowles,  the  poet,  was 
buried  in  the  Cathedral  at  Salisbury.  A  tablet  in  the 
florid  Gothic  style  bears  this  inscription  : — 

"The  Rev.  William  Ltsle  Bowles;  M. A.,  Canon  of 
this  Cathedral,  many  years  Rector  of  Bremhill,  in  this 
County,  and  Rector  of  Dumbleton,  in  the  County  of 
Gloucester,  a  Poet,  Critic,  and  Divine,  died  on  the  7th 
of  April,  1850,  in  the  88th  year  of  his  age.  His  wife, 
Magdalene,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Wake,  D.D., 
Rector  of  Knoyle  Magna,  in  this  county,  died  without 
issue  on  the  7th  of  May,  1844.  The  remains  of  both  are 
interred  near  this  tablet,  erected  by  their  Kindred  as  a 
tribute  of  respect  to  departed  worth,  of  which  the  wri- 
tings of  the  Poet  afford  a  more  interesting  and  unim- 
peachable memorial." 


On  the  Rev.  Hugh  Moises,  M.A.,  the  early  instructor 
of  Lord  Eldon.  His  monument  in  St.  Nicholas'  Church, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne,  bears  an  inscription  in  Latin,  by 
his  distinguished  pupil,  Sir  William  Scott,  of  which  the 
following  is  the  translation  : — 

"  Near  this  spot  rests 

The  Reverend  Hugh:  Moises,  M.A. 

Formerly  fellow 

of  St.  Peter's  College,  ^Cambridge, 


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Afterwards,   for  a  long  series  of  years 

Master 

Of  the  Foundation  Grammar  School  in  this  town, 

And  Lecturer  on  the  Divine  \Tord 

In  the  Church  of  All  Saints,  there. 

He  was   a  man  of  elegant   and  cultivated  mind ; 

Highly  accomplished  in  polite  letters, 

And  indefatigable  and  felicitous 

In  imparting  them  : 

Exercising  a  mild,  but  firm  authority 

In  directing  the  minds  of  youth : 

Of  manners  most  easy,    and  not   without   pleasantry, 

But  duly  chastened 

To  the  sanctity  of  his  life  and  office  : 

Anxious,  ever  most  kindly,  and  often  successfully, 

To  forward  in  every  way  the  interests 

Of  all  those  the  course  of  whose  studies 

He  had  superintended  : 

Of  the  religion,  established  by  his  country's  institutions, 

A  most  devout  observer, 

And  in  his  sacred  discourses, 

A  diligent,  learned,  and  eloquent  expounder. 

The  affectionate  veneration 

Of  a  numerous  body  of  his  pupils 

Hath  caused  the  memory  of  his  name 

To  be  consecrated  by  this  monument, 

With  the  countenance  and  auxiliary  contribution 

Of  the  Corporation  of  Newcastle, 

\Yho  remember  with  gratitude 

How  highly  he  deserved  of  ail  connected  with  him. 

He  died  in  the  year  of  grace  1806, 

And  in  the  8oth  of  his  age, 

Leaving  two  sons,  Hugh  and  William." 

TuUzs  Life  of  Eldon 


The  Reverend  Robert  Johxsox,  the  founder  of  the 
tree  schools  and  hospitals  at  Oakham  and  Uppingham, 
was  buried  in  Xorth  Luffenham  church,  in  Rutland- 
shire. The  following  inscription  appears  on  a  brass 
plate  fixed  on  his  grave- stone  : — 


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DIVINES. 


"  Bobert  Jhonson,  bachelor  of  Divinitie,  a  painfull 
preacher,  parson  of  North  Luffenham. 

Had  a  godlie  care  of  religion,  and  a  charitable  minde 
to  the  poore. 

He  erected  a  faire  free  gramar  schoole  in  Uppingham. 

He  appointed  to  each  of  his  schooles,  a  schoolemaster 
and  an  usher. 

He  erected  the  hospitalle  of  Christe  in  Okeham. 

He  erected  the  hospitalle  of  Christe  in  Uppingham. 

He  procured  for  them  a  corporation  and  a  mortmaine 
of  fower  hundred  markes. 

Whereby  well  disposed  people  maie  give  unto  them 
as  God  shall  move  their  hartes. 

He  bought  lands  of  Queene  Elizabeth  towardes  the 
maintenance  of  them. 

He  provided  place  in  eache  of  the  hospitalles  for 
XXIIII  poore  people. 

He  recovered,  bought,  and  procured  the  hospitalle  of 
"William  Dalby,  in  Okeham,  and  caused  it  to  be  renewed, 
established,  and  confirmed,  which  before  was  found  to 
be  confiscate  and  consealed,  wherein  divers  poore  people 
he  relieved. 

He  was  also  beneficiall  to  the  towne  of  North  Luff- 
enham. 

And  also  to  the  towne  of  Stamford,  where  he  was 
borne  of  worshipfull  parents. 

It  is  the  grace  of  God  to  give  a  man  a  wise  harte  to 
lay  up  his  treisure  in  heaven. 

Theis  be  good  fruites  and  effects  of  a  justifieieng  faith, 
and  of  a  true  profession  of  religion. 

And  a  good  example  to  all  others  to  be  benefactors  to 
theise  and  such  like  good  workes. 

That  so  they  may  glorify  God,  and  leave  a  blessed 
remembrance  behinde  them,  to  the  comfort  and  profite 
of  all  posteritie. 

All  the  glorie,  honor,  praise,  and  thanks,  be  unto  God 
for  ever  more,  Amen. 

Sic  luceat  lux  vestra.  '  Let  your  light  so  shine.'" 


There  is  no  mention  on  the  brass  plate  of  the  time  of 
his  death,  but  the  parish  register  records  that  he  was 
buried  July  24th,  1625. 


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is    a   monumeii: 
Abbey,  to  th;  poet     P 

is  holding  a  medallion  bu-      :  poet,  on  which 

reclines  her  head;    the   ped  is     rnamented   with 

written  by 
Bishop  Hnrd,  and  is  as  follows  : — 

••  Optima  Vim 

r,   A.M. 

Lius 
pio 

B 

-  a-  :i"_.  ::.;-:. 

.fit.   72. '• 

—  S     red  be     :    «  silent   m  -__.  WnxiAH 
ICasov,  A.M.     A  1  and 

\~    '    .'._  ;  I  72. 


the  poet,  in  Rrist 

:  — 

Ik  .  holy  earth  !  all  that  my  soul  holds  dear : 

en  so  late. 
I  -  :  :.unt  lb::  i  embling 

faded  form  :  she  c 
lied  :   Does  youth,  does  read  the  li 

Does  symi  at]  tfs  alarm  ? 

^rain  divine; 
Even  fine  mthe  grave  thou  shalt  have  power  to  charm. 

be  innocent,  like  th. 
I  them  in  duty's  sphere  y  move  ; 

.  1  if  so  fair,  from  vanity  as  fi 

firm  in  friendship,  and  as  fond  in  I 
I  thein,   though  'tis  an  awful  thi::_  : 
1"  ■     -        -  -        I        yet  ti 

g  portals  high, 
And  bids    The  pure  in  heart  behold  their  God.1  " 


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DIVINES. 


When  the  Rev.  John  Cotton,  one  of  the  early  minis- 
ters of  New  England,  died,  in  1652,  one  of  his  friends, 
a  Mr.  Woodbridge,  wrote  the  following  epitaph,  which 
is  supposed  to  have  given  rise  to  the  celebrated  one 
written  by  Dr.  Franklin,  on  himself : — 

"  A  living  breathing  bible  ;  tables  where 
Both  covenants  at  large  engraven  were  ; 
Gospel  and  law  in  heart  had  each  its  column, 
His  head  an  index  to  the  sacred  volume. 
His  very  name  a  title-page  :  and  next 
His  life  a  commentary  on  the  text. 
Oh,  what  a  monument  of  glorious  worth, 
When  in  a  new  edition  he  comes  forth 
Without  errata,  we  may  think  he'll  be 
In  leaves  and  covers  of  Eternity!" 


At  Cork,  in  Ireland,  near  to  the  Cathedral,  is  buried 
the  Rev.  R.  Boaedman.  Upon  the  plain  slab  which 
covers  his  dust  is  the  following : — 

"  Richard  Boaedman, 

Departed  this  life  October  4th,  1 782, 

^Etatis    44. 

Beneath  this  stone,  the  dust  of  Boaedman  lies, 
His  precious  soul  has  soared  above  the  skies ; 
With  eloquence  divine,  he  preach' d  the  word 
To  multitudes,  and  turned  them  to  the  Lord, 
His  bright  example  strengthened  what  he  taught, 
And  devils  trembled  when  for  Christ  he  fought. 
With  truly  Christian  Zeal  he  nations  fired, 
And  all  who  knew  him  mourned  when  he  expired." 


Sugee  (the  abbe),  a  minister  of  state,  and  abbot  of 
St.  Dennis,  in  the  11th  century.  His  reputation  stood 
so  high,  that  after  his  death  it  was  thought  sufficient  to 
write  on  his  tomb  : — 

"  Cy  git  l'abbe  Suger." 

(Here  lies  the  abbe  Suger.)     He  died  in  1152. 


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rn  Lincoln  Cathedral : — 

rere  lieth  the  body  of  Michael  Hoxeywood,  D.D., 
)  was  grandchild,  and  one  of  the  367  persons  that 
y,*  the  wife  of  Richard  Honeywood,  Esq.,  did  see 
ire  she  died,  lawfully  descended  from  her,  that  is, 
of  her  own  body,  114  grandchildren,  228  of  the 
ird  generation,  and  9  of  the  fourth." 


On  the  Rev.   Ralph  Ttkee,  Vicar  of  Kendal,  who 
died  a.d.  1627: — 

"  London  bred  me — Westminster  fed  me, 
Cambridge  sped  me — My  sister  wed  me, 
Study  taught  me — Living  sought  me, 
Learning  brought  me — Kendal  caught  me, 
Labour  press' d  me — Sickness  distressed  me, 
Death  oppressed  me — The  Grave  possessed  me, 
God  first  gave  me — Christ  did  save  me, 
Earth  did  crave  me — And  heaven  would  have  me." 


In  "Westminster  Abbey  is  a  monument  to  Dr.  Isaac 
Watts  (by  Banks).  It  consists  of  a  fine  bust ;  under- 
neath, the  doctor  at  his  studies.  It  bears  only  this 
inscription : — 

"Isaac  Watts,  D.D. 

BornJulvl7,1674, 

Dved  Xov.  *25th,  1748." 


On  Martin  Lethee.  The  University  of  Wittenberg 
directed  the  following  inscription  to  be  put  upon  Luther's 
tomb  : — 

"  In  this  place  lies  buried  the  body  of  Hasten-  Letheb, 
Doctor  of  Divinity,  who  died  at  Isleben,  his  birth-place, 
on  the  twelfth  of  the  Calends  of  March,  in  the  year 
1546,  where  he  had  lived  sixty-three  years,  three 
months,  and  ten  days." 


*  The  Lady,  Mary  Honeywood,  mentioned  above,  died  at  Markshall,  in 
Essex,  in  1620,  aged  92  years,  and  in  the  44th  of  her  widowhood. 


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On   Dr.  Isaac  Watts,    in   Bunhill-Field's  burying- 
ground  : — 

"  To  real  merit  due,  this  humble  song, 
WATTS  (now  no  more)  to  thee  be  sacred  long. 
Sweet  were  thy  numbers,  as  thy  soul  was  great ; 
In  virtue  rich,  with  piety  replete  : 
In  vain,  to  thee  vice  sounds  her  soft  alarms, 
In  vain  she  spreads  her  gay  alluring  charms  : 
Thy  steady  zeal  the  wily  foe  o'erthrew, 
And  gave  her  veil'd  deformity  to  view. 
For  thee  our  youths  enlarg'd  their  op'ning  views, 
Learn'd  heav'nly  truths,  and  reason's  proper  use : 
"With  vary'd  beauties  grac'd,  thy  tuneful  lyre, 
To  charm,  deter,  correct,  improve,  inspire  ; 
From  tort' ring  fears  the  soul  depress'd  to  free, 
E'en  David's  strains  receiv'd  new  charms  from  thee. 
In  haste  to  aid,  but  in  resentment  slow, 
An  ardent  friend,  and  quick  forgiving  foe  : 
Oh  !  may  thy  soul !  now  loos' d  from  mortal  clay, 
Wing  its  swift  flight  to  realms  of  endless  day ; 
There  all  its  glories,  all  its  joys  improve, 
In  scenes  of  perfect  purity  and  love." 


In  Bala  churchyard,  Merionethshire  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Evan  Lloyd,  A.M.,  Clerk 
of  this  Parish.  Born  May  2,  1734;  Died  Jan.  26, 
1776:  aged  42. 

Oh!  pleasing  poet,  friend  for  ever  dear, 
Thy  memory  claims  the  tribute  of  a  tear  : 
In  thee  was  join'd  whate'er  mankind  admire, 
Keen  wit,  strong  sense,  the  poet's,  patriot's  fire. 
Tempered  with  gentleness,  such  gifts  were  thine, 
Such  gifts  with  heart -felt  anguish  we  resign." 


In  Lichfield  Cathedral,  at  the  back  of  the  splendid 
monument  by  Chantrey,  is  a  plain  monument,  in  black 
marble,  to  the  memory  of  the  Be  v.  William  Kobinson, 
the  departed  parent  of  the  reposing  innocents,  bearing 
the  following  inscription  : — 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  The  Reverend 

William  Robinson,  B.C.L. 

Prebendary  of  this  Cathedral, 

Rector  of  Swinnerton,  and  Stoke  on  Trent, 

A  pious  and  excellent  man  ; 

An  able  and  successful  Minister 

In  the  Church  of  Christ ; 

Departed  this  Life,  March  21,  1812, 

Aged  35. 

He  married  Ellen  Jane 

Daughter  of  the  very  Reverend 

Dr.  Woodhouse,  Dean  of  this  Cathedral ; 

•     Who,  with  two  Infant  Daughters, 

Ellen  Jane  and  Marianne 

Survived  him." 


Close  to  this  monument  is  the  beautiful  and  affecting 
piece  of  statuary,  which  was  allowed  by  Canova,  when 
in  England,  to  be  the  masterpiece  of  modern  Europe. 
It  is  by  F.  Chantrey,  Esq.,  R.A.,  and  is  to  the  memory 
of  the  two  daughters  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Robinson,  who 
met  with  premature  deaths.  It  represents  the  two  little 
girls  lying  on  a  couch  in  each  others  arms,  asleep.  There 
is  an  exquisite  feeling  of  life  in  the  figures,  equal  to  the 
finest  productions  of  the  ancient  masters  of  the  art; 
and  the  indentions  on  the  pillows  of  the  couch,  are 
elasticity  itself.  In  a  late  critique  on  this  ornament  to 
our  country,  it  is  truly  said  to  be  "  the  beauty  of  pure 
nature  viewed  by  the  eye,  and  transferred  to  marble  by 
the  hand  of  refined  art."  The  figures  repose  on  the 
representation  of  a  mattress,  with  a  pillow  at  the  head, 
supported  on  a  plain  monument — the  whole  cut  from 
a  block  of  fine  white  marble.  On  the  entablature  of 
the  monument  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Ellen  Jane  and  Marianne, 

Only  children 

Of  the  late  Rev.  Wm.  Robinson 

And  Ellen  Jane  his  Wife. 

Their    Affectionate    Mother, 

In  fond  Remembrance  of  their  'Heaven-loved  Innocence/ 


136 


DIVINES. 


Consigns  their  "Resemblances  to  this  Sanctuary, 

In  humble  Gratitude 

For  the  glorious  assurance  that 

1  Of  such  is  the  Kingdom  of  God.'  " 


On  Dr.  Rowland  Taylor,  vicar  of  Hadleigh,  in 
Suffolk,  who  suffered  martyrdom  in  the  reign  of  queen 
Mary.  On  a  small  tablet  of  brass,  affixed  to  a  pillar  in 
Hadleigh  church,  is  the  following  inscription  in  old 
English  letters : — 

"  '  Gloria  in  Altissimis  Deo.' 

Of  Rowland  Taillor's  fame  I  she  we 

An  Excellent  Devine 
And  Docter  of  the  Civell  Law 

A  Preacher  rare  and  fyne. 

King  Henry  and  King  Edward's  dayes 

Preacher  and  Parson  here, 
That  gave  to  God  continuall  prayse 

And  keept  his  nocke  in  feare. 

And  for  the  truth  condemned  to  dye 

He  was  in  fiery  flame 
"When  he  received  patientlie 

The  torment  of  the  same. 

And  thoughe  he  suffered  to  the  ende 

"Which  made  the  standers  by 
Rejoice  in  God  to  see  their  friende 

And  Pastor  so  to  dye. 

0  Taillor  were  thy  mightye  fame 

Uprightly  here  enroulde 
Thy  deeds  deserve  that  thy  goode  name 

Were  ciphered  here  in  gold. 

Obiit  Anno  Dmn.  1555." 


At  the  place  of  his  execution  was  erected  a  stone 
with  the  following  inscription  : — 

"Armo  1555. 
Dr.  Taylor  for  defending  what  was  God 
In  this  place  shed  his  Blod." 


137 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


This  was  the  only  monumental  stone  prior  to  1819,  and 
was  encircled  by  a  rude  iron  railing,  when  several  indi- 
viduals undertook  to  erect  a  monument  by  subscription, 
which  was  completed  and  placed  upon  the  same  spot,  in 
1819,  and  the  martyr's  stone  lies  at  the  base  of  the 
newly  erected  monument.  The  following  lines  are 
inscribed  upon  the  new  monument,  and  were  written 
by  Dr.  Drake,  Al.D.,  of  Hadleigh  :— 


Mark  this  rude  stone  where  Tayloe-  dauntless  stood, 
AVhere  Zeal  infuriate  drank  the  Alartyr's  blood. 
Hadleigh  !  That  day  how  many  a  tearful  eye 
Saw  thy  lov'd  Pastor  dragg'd  a  Victim  by; 
Still  scattering  gifts  and  blessings  as  he  past ; 
To  the  Blind  Pair,  his  farewell  alms  were  cast ; 
His  clinging  Flock  e'en  here  around  him  pray'd 
"  As  thou  hast  aided  us — be  God  thine  Aid." 
2s"or  taunts,  nor  bribes  of  mitred  rank,  nor  stake, 
Xor  blows,  nor  flames,  his  heart  of  firmness  shake. 
Serene — his  folded  hands,  his  upward  eyes, 
Like  Holy  Stephen's  seek  the  opening  Skies  ; 
There  fixed  in  rapture,  his  prophetic  sight 
Views  Truth  dawn  clear  on  England's  Bigot  night. 
Triumphant  Saint ! — He  bow'd  and  kiss'd  the  rod, 
And  soar'd  on  Seraph  wings  to  meet  his  God." 


Inscribed  on   a   stone  in  the  burving-ground,    City 
Eoad  :— 

"  To  the  ATemory  of 

The  venerable  .Joeot  Wesley,  A. AT. 

Late    Fellov;    of  Lincoln    College,    Oxford. 

This  great  light  arose. 

By  the  singular  providence  of  God, 

To  enlighten  these  nations, 

And  to  revive,  enforce,  and  defend 

The  pure  apostolical  doctrine  and  practice  of 

The  primitive  church, 

AVhich  he  continued  to  defend,  both  by  his 

Labours  and  his  writings, 

For  more  than  half  a  century ; 


138 


DIVINES. 


And  who,  to  his  inexpressible  joy, 

Not  only  beheld  their  influence  extending, 

And  their  efficacy  witnessed, 

In  the  hearts  and  lives  of  many  thousands, 

As  well  in  the  western  world  as  in  these  kingdoms, 

But  also,  far  above  all  human  power  or  expectation, 

Lived  to  see  provision  made  by  the  singular 

Grace  of  God, 

For  their  continuance  and  establishment, 

To  the  joy  of  the  future  generations. 

Eeader,  if  thou  art  constrained  to  bless  the  instrument, 

Give  God  the  Glory. 

After  having  languished  a  few  days, 

He  at  length  finished 

His  course  and  life  together, 

Gloriously  triumphing  over  death, 

March  2nd,  Anno  Domini  1791, 

In  the  88th  year  of  his  age." 


In  Lincoln  Cathedral,  on  the  Rev.  William  Cole, 
who  died  1600:— 

"  Reader,  behold  the  pious  pattern  here, 
Of  true  devotion  and  of  holy  fear  : 
He  sought  God's  glory,  and  the  church's  good, 
Idle  idol  worship  firmly  he  withstood. 
Yet  died  in  peace,  whose  body  here  doth  lie, 
In  expectation  of  eternity, 
And  when  the  latter  trump  of  heaven  shall  blow, 
Cole  now  ratid  up  in  ashes  then  shall  glow" 


139 


IXFAXTS  AND   CHILDEEX. 


On  an  infant :  — 

"'  Liv'd  to  wake  each  tender  passion, 
And  delightful  hopes  inspire  : 
Died  to  tiy  our  resignation. 
And  direct  our  wishes  higher. 

Rest,  sweet  babe  !  in  gentle  slumbers, 
Till  the  resurrection  morn  : 

Then  arise,  to  join  the  numbers, 
That  its  triumphs  shall  adorn. 

Though    thy  presence  so  endear: 
^Ve  thy  absence  now  deplore  ; 

At  the  Saviour's  bright  appearing, 
^e  shall  meet  to  part  no  more. 

Thus  to  thee,  0  Lord !  submitting, 
^Ve  the  tender  p]  ign, 

And  our  mercies  ne'er  forgetting, 
Own  that  all  we  have  is  thine.'' 


On  an  infant : — 


Thou  lovely  babe.  Christ  is  thy  rest, 
Thy  Saviour  called  thee  to  be  blest. 
Thou  favour' d  child,  thy  toils  are  c 
Thy  soul's  with  Christ  to  part  no  more/' 

140 


INFANTS  AND  CHILDREN. 


On  an  infant,  copied  from  a  tombstone,  in  the  church- 
yard of  a  village  in  Shropshire  : — 

"Here  sweetly  sleep  awhile,  blest  babe  ;  thy  sun 
In  haste  hath  set,  thy  race  of  suffering  done  : 
A  stranger  to  thy  great  Creator's  name — 
Unknown  to  thee  thy  glorious  Saviour's  fame. 
Nor  faith,  nor  hope,  nor  love,  nor  other  grace 
Within  thy  infant  bosom  held  their  place. 
N  o  power  hadst  thou  to  shed  one  contrite  tear, 
One  duteous  act  perform,  or  lisp  one  prayer. 
But  not  in  vain  thy  life  !  Thou  hast  not  sown, 
Yet  the  rich  harvest  reapest  as  thy  own  : 
Thou  hast  not  fought,  but  thou  hast  won  the  prize, 
Hast  never  borne  the  cross,  yet  gain'd  the  skies. 
E'en  guilt  was  thine,  as  Adam's  guilty  race  ; 
Yet  such  the  Father's  love — the  Saviour's  grace, 
That  Father's  love  hath  turned  thy  night  to  day, 
That  Saviour's  blood  hath  wash'd  thy  guilt  away; 
Cloth' d  in  his  robe  of  righteousness  divine, 
Peace,  pardon,  life,  and  endless  joys  are  thine.  " 


On  a  monument  in  Willesden  churchyard,  near  the 
Harrow  road,  Middlesex.  This  inscription  contains 
such  natural,  moral  and  pathetic  sentiments,  expressing 
so  strong  a  parental  affection,  and  at  the  same  time 
such  a  pious  resignation  to  the  will  of  Heaven,  under 
one  of  the  most  affecting  of  human  calamities,  the  loss 
of  children,  that  it  cannot  fail  to  be  acceptable  to  the 
reader  : — 

"  William  Robinson,  aged  2, 
And 
Sally  Robinson,  aged  4, 
Children  of 
William  Robinson  of  the  Inner  Tem- 
ple, London,  Gt. 
And  Anne,  his  wife, 
Anno  Dom.  1750, 
Fled  from  scenes  of  guilt  and  misery, 
Without  partaking  of  them  ; 
And  their  bodies  sleep  in  this  monument, 


141 


EPITAPHS.  IIC. 


United  by  mutual  tenderness. 

Their  sympathizing  souls,  impatient 

of  a  separation, 

And  eager  to  rejoin  their  kindred  angels, 
\Tith  a  smile  took  leave  of  their 
weeping  parents  here, 
And  together  ascended  to  their  im- 
mortal Sire  above, 
To  sit  at  his  right  hand, 
To  be  cherished  in  his  paternal  bosom, 
To  enjoy  ineffable  happiness, 
And  part  no  more  ; 
These  reflections  inspired  by  heaven, 
Have  taught  their   otherwise   inconso- 
lable parents  to  dry  up  their  tears, 
And  yield  a  perfect  resignation  to  the 

divine  will, 

Insomuch  that  they  congratulate  the 

dear  deceased 

on  their  timely  departure, 

And  mourn  only  for  the  living." 

In  the  middle  of  the  uppermost  part  of  the  tomb- 
stone is  placed  an  urn,  with  a  flame  ascending ;  on  one 
side  whereof  the  boy  stands,  with  a  scroll  in  one  hand, 
containing  this  motto,  "'  In  celo  Quies  "  :  on  the  other, 
the  girl  with  a  like  scroll,  with  this  motto,  "  Angeli 
suinus ' '  :  both  habited  like  angels,  with  wings  at  their 
backs. — Ttie  Grand  Magazine  of  Magazines,  for  1750. 


In   Wortham  churehvard.    Suffolk,  bv  the  Rev.   R. 
Cobbold:— 

(i  To  the  memoiy  of  a  first  grandchild, 
!Maej:ox    Edith    Cobbold,    Jan.    15,    1851. 

She  livd  a  treasure  dearly  prized, 
In  Jesus'   name   she  was  baptized. 

"VThen  Jesus  shall  to  judgment  come 
\Ye  all  shall  rind  our  heaven!  v  home." 


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INFANTS  AND  CHILDREN. 


In  the  churchyard  of  "Western-Underwood,  in  Bucks, 
the  following  lines  are  written  on  a  gravestone,  placed 
over  the  grave  of  James  and  Harriet  SwajStnell,  who 
died  on  the  same  day.  James  aged  7,  and  Harriet  aged 
2  years : — 

*lt  I  take  these  little  lambs' — said  he, 
*  And  lay  them  on  my  breast : 
Protection  they  shall  find  in  me, 
In  me  be  ever  blest. 

Death  can  the  bonds  of  life  unclose 

But  not  dissolve  my  love  : 
Millions  of  infant  souls  compose 

The  family  above.'  " 


On  one  who  died  Sep.  23rd,  1833,  aged  22  months 

"  Fair  flower  :  0,  Dear,  no  sooner  came 
Thy  early  days  in  beauteous  bloom, 
But  death  did  crop  the  tender  bud, 
And  laid  thee  in  the  mournful  tomb." 


On  two  infants  (from  Montgomery's  grave)  :- 

"  The  storm  that  sweeps  the  wintry  sky 
No  more  disturbs  their  deep  repose 
Than  summer  evening's  latest  sigh 
That  shuts  the  rose." 


In  Pancras  churchyard  : — 

"  Here  innocence  and  beauty  lie,  whose  breath 
"Was  snatch' d  by  early,  not  untimely  death. 
Hence  she  did  go,  just  as  she  did  begin, 
Sorrow  to  know,  before  she  knew  to  sin. 
Death,  that  does  sin  and  sorrow  thus  prevent, 
Is  the  next  blessing  to  a  life  well  spent." 


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On  a  child  :  — 

"  Short,  yet  how  pleasing  -was  her  visit  here, 
She's  nowjremov'd  to  grace  a  nobler  sphere  ; 
Cease  then  frail  nature  to  lament  in  vain, 
Reason  forbids,  to  wish  her  back  again."' 


On  an  onely  and  muche  lamentede  childe  :- 

Noe  wonder  that  his  moder  wepte 

No  wonder  that  she  sighede, 
He  never  drewe  from  her  eyne  a  tear, 
Till  the  daie  on  whiche  hee  dved." 


In  the  cemetery  of  Pere  la  Chaise,  on  the  tomb  of  a 
child  28  months  old  : — 

"  My  Father,  weep  not ;   Go, 'console  my  mother. 
Tell  her  that  I  am  soaring  to  the  mansions  of  the  blessed. 

Comfort  her  in  her  sorrow ;    listen  to  my  entreaty. 
In  the  bosom  of  the  Lord  I  await  vou  both." 


How    different   is   this   from   the    above.     This  is  a 
fatalist  lamenting  the  loss  of  his  child  : — 

"  Beloved  parents,  who  lov'd  me  so  dearly, 
Be  comforted,  it  was  mv  destinv." 


There  is  also,  in  the  same  cemetery,  a  low  wooden  rail- 
ing, some  three  feet  square,  within  which  was  placed  a 
box,  with  glass  doors,  containing  the  dolls,  teacups, 
little  basket,  ball,  and  toy-watch,  of  a  little  girl  three 
years  old.     It  bore  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  She  lived  as  long  as  roses  live — the  space  of  a 
morning." — Ramlles  clout  Paris. 


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In  the  cemetiere  de  Vaugirard,  in  Paris,  is  a  grave 
marked  by  a  plain  stone,  which  contains  the  ashes  of  a 
son  of  Madame  de  Lay  alette,  who  was  born  Sep.  17th, 
1815,  and  died  Nov.  13th  following.  Those  who 
recollect  that  this  courageous  woman  was  visited  with 
the  bereavement  at  the  moment  when  she  meditated 
the  project  of  exposing  her  own  life  to  save  her  hus- 
band's, will  not  read  the  following  inscription  wihout 
interest : — 

"  II  a  ete 

Frappe  par  le  malheur, 

Dans  le  sein  de  sa  tendre  mere." 


In  St.  Edmund's  churchyard,  Salisbury,  in  memory 
of  3  children  of  Joseph  &  Arabella  Maton,  who  all 
died  in  their  infancy,  1770  : — 

"  Innocence  Embellishes  Divinely  Compleat 
To  Prescience  Coegent  Now  Sublimely  Great 
To  the  Benign,  Perfecting,  Vivifying  State. 

2 
So  Heavenly  Guardian  Occupy  the  Skies 
The  Pre-existent  God,  Omnipotent,  Allwise 
He  can  Surpassingly  Immortalize  thy  Theme, 
And  Permanent  thy  Soul  Celestial  Supreme. 

3 
When  Gracious  Eefulgence,  bids  the  Grave  Resign 
The  Creator's  Nursing  Protection  be  Thine 
Thus  each  Perspiring  JEther  will  Joyfully  Rise 
Transcendently  Good,  Supereminently  Wise." 


In  Camberwell  churchyard,  on  2  children  :- 

"  Their  ashes  and  this  little  dust 
Theii  father's  care  shall  keep, 
Till  the  last  angel  rise  and  break 
Their  long  and  dreary  sleep." 

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A  mother  who  had  lost  an  infant,  received  much 
consolation  from  the  following  epitaph  on  4  infants, 
written  by  the  late  Bev.  B.  Bobinson,  of  Cambridge  : — 

"Bold  infidelity,  turn  pale  and  die  ; 
Beneath  this  stone  four  hapless  infants  lie ; 

Say,  are  they  lost  or  saved  ? 
If  death's  by  sin,  they  sinned,  for  they  lie  here  ; 
If  heaven's  by  works,  in  heaven  they  can't  appear : 

Ah !  reason  how  depraved  ! 
Bevere  the  sacred  page,  in  it  the  knot's  untied, 
They  died  for  Adam  sinn'd,  they  live  for  Jesus  died." 


In  Brandcston  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Sophia  Olive  Pickerixg  died  March  25,  1816. 

Lov'd  infant,  on  this  hill  you  rest 
Till  rising  higher  to  be  blest. 
Oh  !  angel  sweet — thy  spirit's  flown, 
Invited  to  thy  Maker's  throne. 
Escap'd  the  bitter  ills  below, 
Secure  from  pain  and  mortal  woe, 
Thy  gentle  soul  celestial  lives  ; — 
In  seraph  strain  now  grateful  gives 
Eternal  praise  to^God  on  high, 
"Who  rules  alike  the  earth  and  sky ; 
Remov'd  from  keen  affliction's  rod, 
Thy  biding  place  the  breast  of  God. 

This  Tablet  her  father  erects  to  her  dear  Memory. 


In  Swallowfield  churchyard  (Swallowfield  is  in  three 
counties,  viz.,  Berks,  Wilts,  and  Hants)  : — 

"  Here  lies  a  fair  blossom  mould'ring  to  dust, 
Ascending  to  heaven,  to  dwell  with  the  just." 

Notes  and  Queries,  March  31,  1855. 


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In  Brenihill  churchyard,  on  a  dutiful  daughter,  who 
died  2  years  after  her  father,  but  in  the  same  week  of 
the  year,  and  was  buried  in  the  same  grave  (by  the 
Eev.  W.  L.  Bowles)  :— 

"  '  Oh,  Mother,  I  will  rise  and  pray/ 
"With  feeble  voice  she  cried, 
'  For  this,  dear  Mother,  is  the  day 
On  which  poor  father  died.' 

Faintly  she  spoke — she  knelt — she  pray'd, 
Her  eyes  with  weeping  dim, — 
And  ere  seven  days  had  pass'd,  was  laid 
In  the  same  grave  with  him. 

Oh  !  when  all  worlds,  before  their  God, 
In  trembling  hope  shall  stand, 
She  shall  awake  from  the  same  sod, 
And  smile  at  his  right  hand." 


On  an  infant : — 

"  Here  lies  a  spotless  child — profane  one  smile 
For  him — but  for  yourself  let  sorrow  flow, 
For  had  he  liv'd  he  might  have  been  as  vile, 
He  might  have  been  as  profligate  as  you." 


In  Hove  churchyard,  near  Brighton  : — 

"  Yes ;  thou  art  fled,  and  saints  a  welcome  sing, 
Thine  angel  spirit  soar'd  on  angel  wing ; 
Our  blind  affection  might  have  asked  thy  stay ; 
The  voice  of  God  hath  call'd  his  child  away. 
Like  Samuel,  early  in  the  temple  found, 
Sweet  Bose  of  Sharon,  plant  of  heavenly  ground. 
Oh!  more  than  Samuel  bless' d,  to  thee  was  given, 
The  God  he  served  on  earth,  to  serve  in  heaven." 


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On  a  child  : — 

"  As  some  fair  flower,  that,  hid  in  leafy  green, 
Imbibes  the  dew  of  heaven  and  blooms  unseen  ; 
Till  fragrance  strange  unto  the  passer  by 
Reveal  the  secret  of  its  birth-place  nigh ; 
So  Catherine  liv'd  and  sought  the  Lord  alone, 
Her  griefs  peculiar,  and  her  joys  unknown. 
A  change  divine  soon  met  the  wondering  eye, 
And  told  the  employment  of  her  privacy. 
Fain  would  we  long  have  gazed — but  God  remov'd 
To  holier,  happier  scenes  the  child  he  lov'd." 


At  Xewington,  in  Surrey  : — 

"Matilda  Bowex  died  12th  July,  1799,    aged  5  years 
and  8  months. 

Here  rests  in  peace  the  body  of  a  child, 
Who  was  in  temper  lovely,  meek,  and  mild, 
In  whom  her  parents  greatly  did  delight, 
And  she  was  precious  in  the  Saviour's  sight. 
As  Death  approached,  she  anxious  was  to  fly 
To  Jesus'  breast,  to  dwell  with  him  on  high  : 
With  outstretch' d  arms,  her  father  she  addressed, 
'What  is't  o'clock  ?'  she  said  with  lab'ring  breast, 
'  Take  me,  take  me,  that  I  may  be  at  rest,' 
These  were  the  last  sweet  words  that  she  expressed. 
The  Saviour  heard,  and  caught  her  to  the  skies, 
And  now  she  chaunts  his  praises  in  eternal  joys." 


On  a  child,  in  a  churchyard  in  Berkshire  : — 

"  What,  is  the  lovely  shadow  fled  r 
Yet  stop  those  falling  tears ; 
She  from  a  thousand  pangs  is  freed, 
You  from  ten  thousand  fears." 


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In  the  chancel  of  Stanford  Church,  Nottinghamshire: — 

"Here  lies  the  body  of  Mr.  Ffrancts,    the  son  of 

Mr.  Ffrancis  Thwaits,  Eector  of  Stanford,  and  of  Ann 

his  Wife,  who  dyed  the  4th  September,  in  the  2nd  year 

of  his  age,  1700: 

As  careful  nurses 
To  their  bed  doe  lay, 
Their  children  which  too 
Long  would  wantons  play  ; 
So  to  prevent  all  my 
Ivening  crimes, 
Nature,  my  nurse,  laid 
Me  to  bed  betimes." 

Notes  and  Queries,  March  10,  1855. 


On  an  infant  (by  Win.  Cowper)  :  — 

"  Bewail  not  much  my  parents  !  me,  the  prey 
Of  ruthless  odes,  and  sepulchred  here, 
An  infant,  in  my  fifth  scarce  finished  year. 
He  found  all  sportive,  innocent,  and  gay, 
Your  young  Callimachus;    and  if   I  knew 
Not  many  joys,  my  griefs  were  also  few." 


In  Wickham-Market  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Sarah  Cullam  died  May  3rd,   1805,  aged  6  years. 

And  now  the  lamp  of  life  will  burn  no  more, 
Her  pitying  neighbour  does  her  loss  deplore. 
Her  parents'  pride,   now  mourning  o'er  her  bier, 
In  fond  regret  they  shed  the  heart-felt  tear. 
They  feel  the  loss  yet  own  the  chast'ning  rod, 
And  yield  in  grief  their  Daughter  to  her  God." 


At  Cheltenham,  on  a  child  who  died  at  the  age  of 
three  weeks : — 

"  It  is  so  soon  that  I  am  done  for, 
I  Wonder  what  I  was  begun  for." 


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At  Hackney,  on  Mira  Hodgkins,  who  died  Oct.  3. 
1803,  aged  9  years  : — 

"  Dearer  than  daughter,  paralleled  by  few, 

In  sweetness,   patience,   suffering, adieu  ! 

Adieu  !  my  Mira,  till  that  day  more  blest, 
When,  if  deserving,  I  with  thee  shall  rest. 
Come,  then  thy  sire  will  cry  in  joyful  strain, — 
Oh  !  come  to  my  paternal  arms  again." 


In  Wirks worth  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

"  Richard  Fairweather  Eatoist,  son  of  James  and 
Elizabeth  Eaton,  died  Nov.  30th,  1850,  aged  7  years 
and  10  months. 

Step  soft,  ye  youth ;    on  hallow' d  ground  ye  tread, 
And  not  disturb  the  mansions  of  the  dead. 
A  youth  lies  here  seclus'd  in  peaceful  dust, 
Whose  steps  were  virtue,  and  his  actions  just. 
By  all  esteem' d  !  yea,  and  by  all  approved, 
He  died  lamented,  as  he  liv'd  beloved." 


On  an  infant  (by  Coleridge)  : — 

"  Ere  sin  could  blight  or  sorrow  fade, 
Death  came  with  friendly  care, 
The  opening  bud  to  heaven  conveyed, 
And  bade  it  blossom  there." 


At  Laxneld,  Suffolk,  on  a  boy  aged  10  years  : — 

"  Sweet  innocency's  form  lies  here 
Lamented  by  its  parents  dear. 
They  hope  again  in  endless  joy 
To  meet  again  their  lovely  boy." 


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In  Ashbourne  church,  Derbyshire,  is  a, monument  of 
superlative  interest  (from  the  chisel  of  Banks)  to  the 
memory  of  the  only  daughter  of  Sir  Brook  Boothby. 
The  figure  of  this  beautiful  child,  executed  in  the  most 
exquisite  style,  and  in  the  purest  statuary  marble,  is 
represented  lying  on  her  side,  reposing  as  it  were  on  a 
mattress,  placed  on  a  suitable  pedestal,  with  the  follow- 
ing inscription  round  it,  in  four  different  languages — 
English,  Latin,  Italian,  and  French  : — 

"  'I  was  not  in  safety,  neither  had  I  rest,  and  the 

trouble  came.' 

To    PENELOPE, 

Only  child  of  Sir  Brook  Boothby,  and  Dame  Susannah 

Boothby. 

Born  April  11th,  1785,  died  March  13th,  1791. 

'She  was  in  form  and  intellect  most  exquisite.     The 

unfortunate  parents  ventured  their  all  in  this 

frail  bark,  and  the  wreck  was  total.'  " 

Adams's  Gem  of  the  Peak. 


In  Bexhill  churchyard,  on  a  child  aged  three  years  : — 

"  I  lay  me  down  to  rest  me, 
And  pray  to  God  to  bless  me, 
And  if  I  sleep  and  never  wake 
I  pray  to  God  my  soul  to  take 
This  night  for  evermore.*' 


In  the  Broadway  churchyard,  Westminster,  on  three 
children,  who  all  died  very  early,  the  eldest  being  three 
years  old  : — 

"  Three  children,  not  dead,  but  sleeping  lies, 
"With  Christ  they  live  above  the  skies. 
Wash'd  in  his  blood,  and  for  their  dress, 
Christ's  glorious  robe  of  righteousness, 
In  which  they  shine  more  bright  by  far 
Than  sun,  or  moon,  or  glorious  star ; 
In  Paradise  they  wing  their  way, 
Blooming  in  one  eternal  day." 


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On  a  child  (from  the  German  of  Mathisson)  : — 

"  The  vernal  grass  and  flowrets  wave, 
In  evening's  breath,  where  o'er  thy  grave 

Weeps  sorrow  wan  and  faded  : 
Oh !  ne'er  till  death  hath  set  us  free 
From  earth,  can  thy  sweet  image  he 

By  dim  oblivion  shaded. 

Thou'rt  blest,  tho'  short  thy  opening  bloom  : 
From  worldly  joys,  from  pride,  from  gloom, 

From  sense  delusive  parted  : 
Thou  sleep' st  in  peace :    in  care  and  strife 
We  wav'ring  tread  the  maze  of  life 

Too  rarely  tranquil-hearted." 

The  Dublin  University  Magazine. 


In  Ely  Cathedral  churchyard  : — 

"  Maria  Scott  died  April,  1836,  aged  7. 

The  cup  of  life  just  with  her  lips  she  prest, 
Found  the  taste  bitter,   and  declin'd  the  rest. 
Averse  :  then  turning  from  the  face  of  day, 
She  softly  sighed  her  little  soul  away." 


On  an  infant : — 

"  Since  God  to  take  my  child  thought  fit, 
I'll  be  content  to  part  with  it ; 
Because  I  know  his  heavenly  grace 
Will  fit  it  for  a  better  place." 


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YOUNG    PEKSONS. 


In  Otley  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"Emma  Kieby  died  Dec.  1846,  aged  23. 
Dear  sleeping  form !  could  but  thy  lips  unseal 
The  hidden  cause,  the  mystery  reveal 
"Why  Husband,  Parents,  Babe,  are  left  to  mourn 
Por  one  so  loved,  so  early  from  them  torn  ! 
But  faith,  with  soothing  voice,  cries  '  Peace  be  still/ 
And  bow  submissive,  '  Tis  thy  "Father's  will.' 
The  happy  spirit  has  ascended  high, 
Its  rest  to  find,  its  God  to  glorify ; 
And  e'en  the  captive  dust  waits  to  be  free, 
For  'tis  the  germ  of  immortality." 


In  St.  Mary-at-Stoke  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 

"  John  Mulley  died  April,  1815,  aged  19. 

Death  like  an  ever-flowing  Stream 
Sweeps   us   away — our  Life's  a  Dream, 
An  Evening  Tale — a  Morning  Flower, 
Cut  down  and  wither' d  in  an  hour." 


In  Bake  well  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

"  Here  for  a  time  this  heavenly  plant  fairly  grew  up  and 

thrived, 
Diffused  its  sweetness  all  around,  and  all  in  sweetness 

lived. 
But  envious  frosts  and  furious  storms  so  long  so  fiercely 

chide, 
This  tender  plant  at  length  bow'd  down  its  bruised  head 

and  died." 


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In  Bremhill  churchyard,    on  a  young  woman  who 
died  of  consumption  (by  the  Rev.  W.  L.  Bowles)  : — 

"  Our  Pastor  placed  this  humble  stone  :  beneath 
Lies  one  more  victim  of  Tin  timely  death  : 
Stranger,  approach  and  read — it  tells  the  tale 
Of  silent  duty  in  life's  lowly  vale, 
Of  one,  her  aged  parents'  only  care, 
Never  beheld  without  a  parent's  prayer  ! 

Her,  pale  consumption  smote  in  youth's  fair  bloom; 

How  wept  the  few  who  follow' d  to  the  tomb, 

Her  mother  most,  and  husband,  for  she  left 

An  infant  and  a  husband  both  bereft ; 

He,  as  it  smiles,  that  infant  shall  behold, 

And  weep  the  more  for  Her  who  here  lies  cold." 


On  twin  sisters  : — 

"Fair  marble,  tell  to  future  days. 
That  here  two  virgin  sisters  lie ; 
"Whose  life  employ'd  each  tongue  in  praise, 
Whose  death  gave  tears  to  every  eye. 

In  stature,  beauty,  years,  and  fame, 
Together  as  they  grew,  they  shone ; 

So  much  alike,  so  much  the  same, 

That  death  mistook  them  both  for  one." 


At  Northampton : — 

"Here  lies  the  corpse  of  Susajt  Let., 
Who  died  of  heartfelt  pain, 
Because  she  loved  a  faithless  he 
Who  loved  not  her  again." 


In  Horwenstow  churchyard,  on  a  child  : — 

"  Those  whom  God  loves  die  young  ! 
They  see  no  evil  days ; 
No  falsehood  taints  their  tongue, 
Xo  wickedness  their  ways. 

154  " 


YOOG  PERSONS. 


Baptized,  and  so  made  sure 
To  win  their  blest  abode, 

What  shall  we  pray  for  more  ? 
They  die,  and  are  with  God." 


In  Cretingham  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Sacred 

to  the  memory  of 

"William  Ftjlchek  Jtjby, 

who  died  November  12,  1849, 

aged  4  years. 

Gentle  Jesus,  meek  and  mild, 
In  pity  for  my  little  child, 
Thou  hast  called  him  away 
To  dwell  with  thee  in  endless  day. 

Presented  by  his  Grandfather, 
Kobert  Fulcher." 


In  St.  Margaret's  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 
"  James  Aneeeavs  died  March  18th,  1806. 

Beneath  this  stone  here  lies  entomb'd 
A  blossom  cropt  just  as  it  bloom' d. 
At  16  years  his  fate  he  met, 
His  sun  did  in  the  morning  set. 
So  soon  these  earthly  things  decay, 
Fine  flowers  soonest  fade  away." 


On  a  young  woman,  named  Ann  Bacon  (written  by 
herself) : — 

"  Reader  !  whilst  'heart  and  flesh  fail,' 

I  desire  that  the  marble  which  shall  cover  my  remains 

be  inscribed  not  as  a  memorial  to  myself, 

but  of  the  free  grace  and  mercy  of  my 


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Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ, 

by  which  alone 

I  was  brought  to  a  knowledge  of  divine  truth, 

Preserved  from  the  evil  of  this  world, 

And  can  now  say, 

Not  any  thing  has  failed  of  what  the  Lord  promised. 

If  thou,  reader,  art  a  seeker  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven, 

Receive  for  thine  encouragement  this  dying  tribute 

From  thy  Sister,  in  the  name  of  the  Redeemer, 

Ann  Bacon." 


In  Matlock  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Hannah  Ltjdlam,  aged  20  years. 

On  earth  thou  wast  a  parent's  care 

And  joy  and  hope  with  thee  were  given ; 

But  now  it  is  a  parent's  prayer, 

To  meet  thee  at  the  gate  of  heaven." 


On  the  Honourable  Robeet  Digby  and  his  Sister 
Mary,  buried  in  1726,  in  Sherborne  church,  Dorset- 
shire, and  inscribed  on  a  monument  in  that  church, 
erected  by  their  father,  and  written  by  Alexander 
Pope : — 

"  Go  :  fair  example  of  untainted  youth, 
Of  modest  wisdom,  and  pacific  truth  : 
Compos' d  in  sufT' rings,  and  in  joy  sedate, 
Good  without  noise,  without  pretension  great : 
Just  of  thy  word,  in  every  thought  sincere, 
"Who  knew  no  wish,  but  what  the  world  might  hear  : 
Of  softest  manners,  unaffected  mind, 
Lover  of  peace,  and  friend  of  human  kind  : 
Go  live  !  for  heaven's  eternal  year  is  thine, 
Go,  and  exalt  thy  moral  to  divine. 

And  thou  blest  Maid !  attendant  on  his  doom, 
Pensive  hast  follow' d  to  the  silent  tomb, 
Steer' d  the  same  course  to  the  same  quiet  shore, 


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On  Edmund,  duke  of  Buckingham,  who  died  a.d.  1735, 
in  the  19th  year  of  his  age  (by  Pope)  : — 

"  If  modest  youth,  with  cool  reflection  crown' d, 
And  every  opening  virtue  blooming  round, 
Could  save  a  parent's  justest  pride  from  Fate, 
Or  add  one  patriot  to  a  sinking  state ; 
This  weeping  marble  had  not  ask'd  thy  tear, 
Or  sadly  told,  how  many  hopes  lie  here  ! 
The  living  virtue  now  had  shone  approv'd, 
The  Senate  heard  him,  and  his  country  lov'd. 
Ye  softer  honours,  and  less  noisy  fame, 
Attend  the  shade  of  gentle  Buckingham  : 
In  whom  a  race  for  courage  fam'd  and  art, 
Ends  in  the  milder  merit  of  the  heart ; 
And  chiefs  or  sages  long  to  Britain  given 
Pays   the  last  tribute  of   a  saint  to  heaven." 


On  the  tombstone  of  a  youth  : — 

"  Is  happiness  thy  aim  or  death  thy  fear, 
Learn  how  the  paths  of  glory  may  be  trod, 
From  that  lamented  youth  who  slumbers  here, 
Who  gave  the  flower  of  his  clay  to  God." 


On  a  young  man,  aged  23.  This  young  man  chose 
the  following  lines  for  his  own  epitaph  six  weeks  before 
he  died  ;  he  had  them  printed  up  over  the  chimney 
piece  in  his  bed-room,  and  would  often  read  them  with 
great  feeling,  seriousness,  and  gratitude  : — 

"Farewell,  but  not  for  ever. 

In  youth's  gay  prime,  for  earthly  joys  I  sought, 

But  heaven  and  my  immortal  soul  forgot. 

In  riper  days,  affliction's  smarting  rod, 

By  Grace  divine  taught  me  to  know  my  God. 

The  change  I  bless' d  with  my  expiring  breath, 

Ascribing  life  to  that  which  caused  my  death  : 

Farewell,  vain  world  !  my  soul  exult  and  sing 

'  Grave  !  where' s  thy  victory  now  ?    Death,  where' s 


thy  sting 


>  " 


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On  Miss  Thickness,  placed  by  Mr.  Thickness  on  the 
grave  of  his  daughter,  who  lies  buried  in  his  garden,  at 
St.  Catherine's  Hermitage,  near  Bath.  At  the  lady's 
head  is  a  beautiful  monument  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"What  tho'  no  sacred  earth  afford  thee  room, 
Nor  hallow' d  dirge  be  mutter' d  o'er  thy  tomb  ; 
Yet  shall  thy  grave  with  rising  flowers  be  drest, 
And  the  green  turf  lie  lightly  on  thy  breast : 
Here  shall  the  morn  her  earliest  tears  bestow, 
Here  the  first  roses  of  the  year  shall  blow, 
"While  angels  with  their  silver  wings  o'ershade 
The  ground  now  sacred  by  thy  relics  made." 

(At  the  lady's  feet.) 

"  Reader !  if  Youth  should  sparkle  in  thine  eye — 
If  on  thy  cheek  the  flower  of  beauty  blows, 
Here  shed  the  tear,  and  heave  the  pensive  sigh 
Where  Beauty,  Youth,  and  Innocence  repose. 

Doth  Wit  adorn  thy  mind  : — doth  science  pour 
Its  ripen' d  bounties  on  thy  vernal  year  ? 

Behold  where  Death  has  cropp'd  the  plenteous  store, 
And  heave  the  sigh,  and  shed  the  pensive  tear. 

Does  Music's  dulcet  notes  dwell  on  thy  tongue, 
And  do  thy  fingers  sweep  the  sounding  lyre  ? 

Behold  !  where  low  she  lies  who  sweetly  sung, 
The  melting  strains,   a  cherub  might  inspire. 

Of  Youth,  of  Beauty — then,  be  vain  no  more — 
Of  Music's  power —  of  Wit  and  Learning's  prize, 

For  while  you  read,  those  charms  may  all  be  o'er, 
And  ask  to  share  the  grave  where  Anna  lies." 

Lady's  Magazine,  1812. 


On  an  only  son  : — 

"  Away  with  the  sigh  and  the  tear, 

Though  he's  gone  and  for  ever  away ; 
For  he  ne'er  caus'd  a  sigh  to  us  here, 
He  ne'er  from  his  God  went  astray." 


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On  a  young   Greek,    buried  in   Tottenham   church- 
yard :— 

"  Par  from  his  native  Greece,  the  mortal  part 
Of  Constantine  Sotieis  here  was  iaid. 
Almost  ere  childhood  melted  into  youth, 
Bold,  wild,  and  free,  the  little  Suliote  came 
To  England's  shores,  a  student : — and  his  soul 
All  knowledge,  save  of  ill,  with  eager  joy 
Received.     But  chiefly,  with  a  spirit's  thirst 
He  drank  the  waters  of  immortal  life. 
Meek,  holy,  calm,  the  little  Suliote  died, 
His  last  breath  murmured,  in  his  country's  tongue, 
The  name  of  'Mother.' — 'Twas  a  father's  death 
(Sad  tidings  told  him  in  this  foreign  land) 
First  bade  him  droop  : — no  hand  of  relative 
Closed  his  sad  eyes ;  yet  left  he  here 
True  friends,  whom  his  sweet  gentleness  had  found, 
And  one  of  these  inscribes  this  humble  stone. 


Obiit  Aprilis  17—1827, 
Circiter  getatis  13." 


In  Aldborough  churchyard  : — 

"  Robert  Harvey  died  in  a  decline  Dec,  1823, 
aged  16. 

Here  lies  consign' d  to  nature  dust,  a  youth 
Of  purest  manners  and  unblemished  truth ; 
"Who  knew  no  vice,  no  wayward  courses  run ; 
His  friends'  delight — his  parents'  duteous  Son  ; 
Pious,  sincere,  in  all  his  works  appro v'd  ; 
But,  ah  !  too  early  from  our  hopes  remov'd." 


In  Sudbury  church,  Derbyshire,  is  a  neat  mural 
monument,  raised  in  commemoration  of  Catherine, 
daughter  of  the  late  Lord  Vernon,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  25,  bearing  this  inscription,  written  by  William 
Whitehead,  poet-laureate : — 


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"  ICild  as  the  opening  morn's  serenest  ray, 
Mild  as  the  close  of  Summer's  softest  day  : 
Her  form,  her  virtues  (form'd  alike  to  please 
With  artless  charms  and  unassuming  ease) 
On  every  breast  their  mingling  influence  stole. 
And  in  sweet  union  breath' d  one  beauteous  whole. 
This  fair  example  to  the  world  was  lent 
As  the  short  lesson  of  a  life  well  spent : 
Alas  !  too  short ! — but  bounteous  Heaven  best  knows 
When  to  reclaim  the  blessings  it  bestows." 


In  Bideford  churchyard,  Devonshire  : — 

"  The  wedding  day  appointed  was, 
And   wedding   clothes   provided, 
But  when  the  day  arrived  did 
She  sicken' d,  and  she  die  did." 


In  Brandeston  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Taught  in  my  early  youth  to  dread 
'  The  grave  as  little  as  my  bed,' 
Alike  in  life  or  death  my  trust 
I  made  my  pillow  down  or  dust." 


At  Lutterworth,  on  Geoege  "White,  who  died  1712: — 

"  Behold  and  see  what  God  has  done, 
Here  lies  his  father's  only  son, 
A  man — but  words  are  wanting  to  say  what, 
Say  all  that's  just  and  good,  and  he  was  that." 


In  Bishangles  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Susaknah  Caxhaai  died  Jan.  1855,  aged  15  years. 

He  wept  that  we  might  weep, 

Each  sin  demands  a  tear ; 
In  Heaven  alone  no  sin  is  found, 

And  there's  no  weeping  there." 


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On  a  young  woman  : — 

"  Stay,  Christian,  stay;  let  not  thy  haste  profane 
This  humble  stone,  that  tells  thee  life  is  vain. 
Here  beauty  lies,  in  mould' ring  ruins  lost, 
A  blossom  nipt  by  death's  untimely  frost, 
Unwarn'd,  yet  unsurprized  :  found  on  her  guard, 
Like  a  wise  virgin,  waiting  for  her  Lord." 


On  a  youth  of  seventeen  : — 
"  A  youth  of  real  worth  lies  buried  here, 

Who  had  but  just  attain'd  his  17th  year, 
Yet  in  that  time  such  wisdom  had  he  shown, 

That  death  mistook  17  for  71." 


In  Burgate  churchyard,  Suffolk : — 

"  Eliza  Cook,  died  June  4th,  1825,  aged  15. 

Ah !  why  so  soon,  just  as  the  flower  appears, 
Strays  the  brief  blossom  from  the  vale  of  tears, 
Death  view'd  the  treasure  to  the  desert  given, 
Claim' d  the  fair  flower,  and  planted  it  in  Heaven." 


At  Leir,  Leicestershire  : — 

"This  youngest  son,  whom  we  did  early  prize, 
Soonest  was  taken  from  our  eyes ; 
Edward  Mason,  his  years  were  few, 
His  age  was  twenty- two." 


On  a  young  man  : — 

"  Mourn  not,  this  hopeful  youth  so  soon  is  dead, 
But  know,  he  trebles  favours  on  his  head, 
Who,  for  a  morning's  work,  gives  equal  pay 
With  those  who  have  endured  the  heat  o'th  day. 


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In  TToodbridge  elrarchyard  : — 
••In  Memory  of 

AYlLLIAZiI    hkUBXHCK* 

who  died  4th  August,  1827, 

J   24. 

Insidious  Death  !  when  his  strong  hand  am 

So  composition  sets  the 

Eternity's  inexorable  chain 

Fast  binds,  and  vengeance  claims  the  faV.   arrear. 

'  But  now  I  pay  thee  with  eternity/  "  —  Young. 


On  Am*  Rowkli  : — 

■•  In  Memory 

Airar,  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Rowkll, 

departed  this  life 
Aged  14  years. 

In  early  li 

And   with  ;:on  bore  ~:ening  re 

Taught  by  his  S  ver'd. 

While  faith  in  Chi  g  cheer'd. 

Thus  blest  with  grace.,  which  heaven  alone  could  ° 
She  learnt  to  die.  ere  thousan  to  live." 


In  Thomhani  churchyard,  Suffolk,  on  Haeejeii  and 
Maet  Hr>"i  :  — 

"  Haeeieii  died  July  22nd.  1807,  in  the  20th  year 
of  her  i 

Saeah  died  December  2nd.  17  2  years. 

Ripe  for  Heaven  the::  og  new, 

And  early  lade  this  sinful  lieu: 

Short  was  thei 

In  the  eternal  mac  blest." 


-  tmg  man  died  in  i :  ifined  for  debt. 


YOUNG  PERSONS. 


On  one  who  died  at  the  age  of  25  : — 

"  If  drugs  and  physic  could  but  save 
Us  mortals  from  the  dreary  grave, 
'Tis  known  that  I  took  full  enough 
Of  the  Apothecary's  stuff, 
To  have  prolong' d  life's  busy  feast 
To  a  full  century  at  least ; 
But  spite  of  all  the  doctor's  skill, 
Of  daily  draught  and  nightly  pill, 
Reader,  as  sure  as  you're  alive, 
I  was  sent  here  at  twenty-five." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Woodhurst,  about  two  miles 
from  St.  Ives,  in  Huntingdonshire,  are  the  graves  of 
two  lovers,  named  John  Hill,  and  Saeah  Roystojst, 
who  both  died  of  consumption.  He  died  in  1792,  in 
the  20th  year  of  his  age.  She  died  in  1793,  in  the 
23rd  year  of  her  age.  The  inscription  on  the  tomb  of 
John  Hill  is  : — 

"  A  youth  is  laid  beneath  this  stone  : 
Death  nipp'd  the  bud,  the  blossom's  gone. 
Be  still  each  parent's  sighing  heart, 
Time  is  but  short  that  we  shall  part, 
When  we  again  in  glory  meet 
'Twill  turn  past  bitters  all  to  sweet." 

The  Inscription  on  the  stone  of  Saeah  Eotston, 
consists  of  those  four  lines,  beginning  "  A  pale  consump- 
tion," and  which  are  to  be  found  on  half  a  dozen  stones 
in  most  churchyards. 


On  a  young  man  :-— 

"  Reader ! 
If  thou  art  faithful,  diligent,  and  young, 
If  much  esteem' d  respected  friends  among, 
If  life's  fair  scenes  thy  fond  attention  gain, 
If  business  urge  thee,  pleasure  call  in  vain, 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Here  pause  : this  sad  memorial  tells  of  one, 

Once  actively  employed — esteem' d — now  gone  ! 
Taught  by  affliction,   earth's  best  schemes  to  see, 
Uncertain,  short,  and  mark'd  with  vanity  ; 
Then,  whether  young  or  old,  ere  strength  decline, 
May  his  Redeemer,  and  his  hope  be  thine." 


In  Bradford  churchyard,  on  Henrietta  Maria  Percy, 
aged  16  : — 

"  See  from  the  earth  the  fading  lily  rise ; 
It  springs,  it  grows,  it  flourishes,  it  dies  : 
So  this  fair  flow'r  scarce  blossom' d  for  a  day ; 
Short  was  the  bloom,  and  speedy  the  decay." 


In  Westminster  Abbey  is  a  monument  to  Francis 
Hollis  (son  of  John  earl  of  Clare),  who  died  in  1622. 
The  monument  represents  a  youth  in  Grecian  armour, 
seated  on  a  Greek  altar.     It  bears  this  inscription  : — 

"  What  so  Thou  Hast  of  nature  or  of  Arts, 
Yovth,  Beavte,  Strength,  or  what  excelling  parts, 
Of  mynd  and  boddie,  Letters,  Arms  and  Worth, 
His  eighteene  yeares,  beyond  his  yeares,  brought  forth, 
Then  stand  and  read  thyself  within  this  glass, 
How  soone  theise  perish,  and  thyselfe  may  pas. 

Man's  life  is  measuvred  by  the  worth,  not  dayes  : 
No  aged  sloth,  but  active  youth  hathprayse." 


In  Bonsall  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 
"Henry  Gregory  died  Aug.  6th,  1823,  aged  29. 

Why  flows  the  mournful  muse's  tear 
For  thee,  cut  down  in  life's  full  prime  ; 
Why  sighs  for  thee  the  parent  dear  ! 
Cropt  by  .the  scythe  of  hoary  time." 


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YOUNG  PERSONS. 


On  a  maid  that  died  the  day  she  was  married  : — 

"  That  morne  which  saw  me  made  a  bride, 
The  ev'ning  witnest  that  I  dy'd. 
Those  holy  lights  wherewith  they  guide 
Unto  the  bed  the  bashful  bride, 
Servd  but  as  tapers  for  to  burne 
And  light  my  reliques  to  their  urne. 
This  epitaph  which  here  you  see 
Supplied  the  epithalamie." — HerricV sHesperide 


In  St.  Mary  Kay  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 

"Here    lyeth    the    body    of  Mary   Linnelt,    who 
departed  this  life  1750,  aged  23. 

Death  cut  me  of 

When  I  was  young  and  green, 

As  on  this  stone 

Is  plainly  to  be  seen. 

I  taken  was 

All  in  the  prime  of  youth, 

I  scarce  had  time 

To  tread  the  paths  of  truth. 

All  you  that   read   these   lines, 

Pray  think  on  me, 

And  serve  your  God 

In  prayer  most  fervently." 


In  Darley  churchyard,  Derbyshire,  to  the  memory  of 
four  sisters,  who  died  shortly  after  each  other,  the  eldest 
being  20,  the  youngest  19  : — 

"Ye  thoughtless  Youth,  who  now  so  gaily  tread 
O'er  the  dark  mansions  of  the  solemn  dead, 
Pause  here  awhile  beneath  this  awful  tomb, 
Here  lieth  four,  cut  off  in  beauty's  bloom, 
Who  once  like  you  possessed  each  winning  grace, 
Each  sweet  attraction  both  of  mind  and  face ; 
Scarcely  attain' d  to  life's  fair  smiling  day, 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Ere  the  dread  fiat  summon' d  them  away. 
Like  some  fair  flower,   who  native  charms  adorn, 
And  give  fresh  verdure  to  the  verdant  morn, 
Blooms  for  a  while,  till  cold  inclement  skies, 
Nips  the  fair  plant,  it  sickens,  droops,  and  dies." 


On  a  young  gentleman,  who  died  for  love  : — 

Free  from  this  dream  of  life,  this  maze  of  care, 
Here  rests  the  lover  and  the  friend  sincere  ; 
Alive  respected,  loved  by  all  but  one, 
To  him  the  same  as  though  belov'd  by  none. 
This  dearer  one  by  cruel  slander  strove 
To  wrong  his  fame,  as  she  had  wrong' d  his  love. 
From  her,  unkind  reproaches  wounded  more 
Than  all  the  giddy  turns  of  chance  before. 
Those  arrows  piercing  in  a  well-known  part, 
Fresh  wounds  inflicted  on  a  breaking  heart. 
Death  saw  what  love,  his  faithful  slave,  had  done, 
And  kindly  finished  what  the  boy  begun." 


On  Mr.  TV.  F.  of  Radcliffe  :— 

Had  Heaven  been  pleased  thy  wish'd  for  life  to  spare, 
(Thy  friends'  delight,  thy  father's  chiefest  care) 
Fair  was  the  prospect,  from  such  sense  refin'd 
Thy  life  for  future  good  was  sure  design' d  : 
But  that  wise  Power,  whose  secrets  none  can  tell, 
Saw  fit  to  take  thee  hence  with  him  to  dwell. 
Leaving  us  to  mourn  thy  much-lamented  flight, 
Yet  think  with  thee  '  TYhatever  is,  is  right.'  "* 


In  Kenton  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"Ann  Whiten  died  ATarch  31,  1733,  aged  26. 

Stay,  Reader,  Stay  and  Shed  a  Teare, 
&  think  on  me  who  now  lye  here  ; 
&  while  you  read  the  State  of  me 
think  on  ye  Glass  that  Bun  for  thee." 

*  A  line  frequently  used  by  the  deceased. 

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YOUNG  PERSONS. 


On  the  Hon.  Simon  Harcourt,  only  son  of  the  Lord 
Chancellor  Harcourt,  who  died  a.d.  1720,  and  inscribed 
on  a  monument  in  Stanton  Harcourt  church,  in  Oxford- 
shire (written  by  Alexander  Pope)  : — 
"  To  this  sad  shrine,  whoe'er  thou  art,  draw  near, 
Here  lies  the  friend  most  lov'd — the  Son  most  dear! 
Who  ne'er  knew  joy,  but  friendship  might  divide, 
Or  gave  his  father  grief  but  when  he  died. 

How  vain  is  Reason,  Eloquence  how  weak  ! 
If  Pope  must  tell  what  Harcourt  cannot  speak, 
Oh,  let  thy  once-lov'd  friend  inscribe  thy  stone, 
And,  with  a  father's  sorrows,  mix  his  own." 


On  a  young  man  : — 

"  Underneath  this  stone — lies  a  youth 

Renown' d  for  probity  and  truth, 

Sober  he  was,  wise,  temperate  ; 

Contented  with  a  small  estate, 

Which  no  foul  av'rice  did  increase, 

Nor  wanton  luxury  make  less. 

While  yet  but  young,  his  father  died, 

And  left  him  to  a  happy  guide  : 

Not  Lemuel's  mother  with  more  care 

Did  counsel  or  instruct  her  heir ; 

Or  teach  with  more  success  her   son 

The  vices  of  the  time  to  shun. 

And  he  just  gratitude  did  show, 

To  one  who  had  obliged  him  so : 

Nothing  too  much  for  her  he  thought, 

By  whom  he  was  so  bred  and  taught ; 

So  early  made  that  path  to  tread, 

Which  did  his  youth  to  honour  lead. 

His  short  life  did  a  pattern  give, 

How  neighbours,  husbands,  sons  should  live. 
Appro v'd  by  all,  and  lov'd  so  well, 
Though  young,  like  fruit  that's  ripe,  he  fell." 


In  Stepney  churchyard,  Middlesex  : — 

Here  Thomas  Saffin  lies  interr'd,  Ah,  why  ? 
Born  in  New  England,  did  in  London  die  ; 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"Was  the  third  son  of  right,  begot  upon 
His  mother  Martha,  by  his  favour' d  John  ; 
Much  favour' d  by  his  Prince  he  'gan  to  be, 
But  nipt  by  death  at  the  age  of   twenty-three. 
Fatal  to  him  was  that  we  small-pox  name, 
By  which  his  mother  and  two  brethren  came 
Also  to  breathe  their  last,  nine  years  before, 
And  now  have  left  their  father  to  deplore 
The  loss  of  all  his  children,  with  his  wife, 
Who,  was  the  joy  and  comfort  of  his  life. 

Deceased  June  the  18th,  1687."* 


On  a  beloved  daughter  of  the  Rev.  L.  Sterne : — 

Columns  and  labour' d  urns  but  vainly  shew, 
An  idle  scene  of  decorated  woe ; 
The  sweet  companion  and  the  friend  sincere, 
Need  no  mechanic  help  to  force  the  tear ; 
For  heart-felt  numbers  never  meant  to  shine, 
'Twill  flow  eternal  o'er  a  hearse  like  thine  ; 
'Twill  flow  whilst  gentle  goodness  has  one  friend, 
Or  kindred  tempers  have  a  tear  to  lend." 


In  Worlingworth  church  : — 

"  Memorise  Sacrum 
Elizabeth,  the  Only  Child  of  John  and  Hester  Cordy, 

of  Woodbridge  (late  of  this  Parish),  who 

on  the  6th  December,  1824,  was  suddenly  snatched  away 

by  Death,  in  the  eleventh  Year  of  her  age. 

"  As  the  sweet  flower  that  scents  the  morn 
But  withers  in  the  rising  day  : 
Thus  lovely  was  our  cherub's  dawn  : 
Thus  swiftly  fled  her  life  away. 

This,  the  blest  theme  that  cheers  our  voice, 
The  grave  is  not  our  darling's  prison, 

The  stone  that  cover' d  all  our  joys 
Is  roll'd  away, and  '  she  is  risen.' 


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*  Saffin's  tomb  was  restored  by  his  countrymen  in  1750. 

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YOUNG  PERSONS. 


On  a  young  person  : — 

"We  all  shall  like  a  fleeting  shadow  pass, 

We   all   shall  melt  away,   like  thawing  snow, 
"We  all  shall  wither,  like  the  new  mow'd  grass, 
"We  all  like  froth,  shall  into  vapours  go." 


In  Bath  Abbey  church  :— 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  William  Clements,  Esq. 
a  youth  distinguished  by  the  sweetness  of  his  manners, 
and  the  excellence  of  his  heart.  Generous,  humane, 
affectionate,  his  life  was  a  source  of  happiness  to  others; 
his  death,  it  is  hoped,  was  the  commencement  of  his  own. 

Look  down,  blest  soul,  and  from  the  realms  above 
Accept  this  last  sad  tribute  of  our  love : 
The  last — ev'n  now  our  sorrows  we  resign, 
And  lose  our  feelings  to  rejoice  in  thine." 


On  a  youth  : — 

"  Blest  with  love  of  truth  and  learning, 

Lib'ral  heart,  and  noble  aim  ; 
Here,  behold  a  youth  returning 

To  the  dust  from  whence  all  came. 
Vice  by  him  was  much  detested, 

Virtue  was  his  chief  delight ; 
Hence  when  death  the  youth  arrested, 

Heavenly  prospects  cheer'd  his  sight. 
BAch  in  grace,  and  gifts  so  ample, 

Candidates  for  heavenly  joy; 
Vou  may  learn  by  his  example, 

How  to  live,  and  how  to  die." 


In  St.  Giles-in-the-Field's  churchyard,  London : — 

"  Mary  Quinlivan  died  Nov.  11th,  1818,  aged  23. 

21  years  a  Maid, 
16  months  a  Wife, 
4  days  a  Mother, 
And  then  ended  life." 


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In  Clapton  churchyard,   on  a  female,  aged  15,  who 
died  in  childbed  : — 


"Fourteen  years  I  was  a  maid, 
Twelve  months  I  was  a  wife, 
One  day  I  was  a  mother, 
And  so  I  end  my  life." 


At  Xewington,  in  Surrey,  on  a  female,  aged  21,  who 
died  in  childbed  : — 

"  Mary  Axx  Kixgsley,  died  April  3,  1810,  aged 
21  years. 

Relentless  death !  and  could  no  effort  save, 
Grace,  beauty,  virtue,  from  an  early  grave  ? 
And  did  our  infant  cherub  but  appear, 
To  guide  its  parent  to  the  celestial  sphere, 
And  teach  my  doting  heart  so  soon  to  know 
The  husband's  and  the  father's  keenest  woe  ? 
But  cease  my  murmurs  ;  Faith  discovers  skies, 
Where  truth  and  loveliness  immortal  rise, 
And  where  no  pain  nor  sickness  can  destroy 
The  cherub's  bliss,  the  angel's  spotless  joy." 


In  Blakemore  churchyard,  Herefordshire  : — 

26  years  I  lived  single, 

5  a  married  life  : 
Long  time  I  was  afflicted, 

And  then  I  lost  my  life." 


On  the  Marchtoxess  of  Winchester,  the  wife  of 
John,  marquis  of  AYinchester,  and  mother  of  George, 
first  duke  of  Bolton.  She  died  in  childbed  of  a  second 
son,  in  the  23rd  year  of  her  age  (written  by  John 
Milton)  :— 


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"  This  rich  marble  doth  inter 
The  honour' d  wife  of  Winchestee, 
A  Viscount's  daughter,  an  Earl's  heir, 
Besides  what  her  virtues  fair 
Added  to  her  noble  birth, 
More  than  she  could  own  from  earth. 
Summers  three  times  eight,  save  one, 
She  had  told,  alas  !  too  soon, 
After  so  short  time  of  breath, 
To  house  with  darkness,  and  with  death. 
Yet  had  the  number  of  her  days 
Been  as  complete  as  was  her  praise, 
Nature  and  Fate  had  had  no  strife 
In  giving  limit  to  her  life. 

Her  high   birth,   and  her  graces  sweet 
Quickly  found  a  lover  meet ; 
The  virgin  quire  for  her  request 
The  god  that  sits  at  marriage  feast ; 
He  at  their  invoking  came 
But  with  a  scarce  well-lighted  flame, 
And  in  his  garland,  as  he  stood, 
Ye  might  discern  a  cypress  bud. 
Once  had  the  early  matrons  run 
To  greet  her  of  a  lovely  son, 
And  now  with  second  hope  she  goes, 
And  calls  Lucina  to  her  throes ; 
But  whether  by  mischance  or  blame, 
Atropos  for  Lucina  came, 
And  with  remorseless  cruelty, 
Spoil' d  at  once  both  fruit  and  tree : 
The  hapless  babe,  before  his  birth, 
Had  burial,  yet  not  laid  in  earth  ; 
And  the  languish'd  mother's  womb 


Was  not  long  a  living  tomb. 

So  have  I  seen  some  slender  slip, 
Sav'd  with  care  from  winter's  nip ; 
The  pride  of  her  carnation  train 
Pluck' d  up  by  some  unheedy  swain, 
Who  only  thought  to  crop  the  flower 
New  shot  up  from  vernal  shower ; 
But  the  fair  blossom  hangs  the  head 
Side-ways  as  on  a  dying  bed. 
And  those  pearls  of  dew  she  wears, 
Prove  to  be  presaging  tears, 

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"Which  the  sad  morn  had  let  fall 
Ou  her  hast  ning  funeral. 

Gentle  Lady,  may  thy  grave 
Peace  and  quiet,  ever  have  ; 
After  this  thy  travail  sore 
Sweet  rest  seize  thee  evermore, 
That  to  give  the  world  increase 
Shorten' d  hast  thy  own  life's  lease. 
Here,  besides  the  sorrowing, 
That  thy  noble  house  doth  bring, 
Here  be  tears  of  perfect  moan 
Wept  for  thee  in  Helicon ; 
And  some  flowers,  and  some  bays, 
For  thy  hearse,  to  strew  the  ways, 
Sent  thee  from  the  banks  of  Came, 
Devoted  to  thy  virtuous  name  ; 
Whilst  thou,  bright  Saint,   high  sitt'st  in  glory 
Xext  her,  much  like  to  thee  in  story. 
That  fair  Syruin  shepherdess, 
"Who,  after  years  of  barrenness, 
That  highly  favoured  Joseph  bore 
To  him  that  serv'd  for  her  before, 
And  at  her  next  birth  much  like  thee, 
Through  pangs  fled  to  felicity. 
Far  within  the  bosom  bright 
Of  blazing  Majesty  and  Light : 
There  with  thee,  new  welcome  Saint, 
Like  fortunes  may  her  soul  acquaint, 
With  thee  there  clad  in  radiant  sheen, 
ZS"o  ^Marchioness,  but  now  a  Queen." 


In  Chelsea  church  is  a  monument  with  a  Latin  epi- 
taph, the  translation  of  which  is  as  follows: — 

"  In  an  adjoining  vault  lies  Axxe,  only  daughter  of 
Edward  Ch.oibeeiayxe,  Docter  of  Laws,  bom  in  London 
the  20th  January,  1667  :  who,  having  long  declined 
marriage,  and  aspiring  to  great  achievements  unusual  to 
her  sex  and  age.  On  the  30th  of  June,  1690,  on  board 
a  fire-ship,  in  man's  clothing,  as  a  second  Pallas,  chaste 
and   fearless,  fought   valiantly   six   hours   against   the 


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French,  under  the  command  of  her  brother.  Snatch' d, 
alas !  how  soon  by  sudden  death,  unhonoured  by  a 
progeny,  like  herself,  worthy  to  rule  the  main !  Returned 
from  the  engagement,  and  after  some  months  married 
to  John  Spragg,  Esq.  with  whom  she  lived  most  amiably 
happy.  At  length,  in  childbed  of  a  daughter,  she 
encountered  death,  30th  October,  1691. 

This  monument   for    a   Consort   most   virtuous    and 
dearly  beloved,  was  erected  by  her  husband." 


On  a  monument  in  Rauceby  church  : — 

"  Near  this  place  are  interred  the  Wives  of  Richard 
Jessop,  viz: — Alice,  on  Sept.  27,  1716,  aged  25,  and 
Joanna,  on  Aug.  31,  1720,  aged  29. 

How  soon  ye  objects  of  my  love 
By  death  were  snatcht  from  me  ; 

Two  loving  matrons  they  did  prove, 
No  better  could  there  be. 

One  child  the  first  left  to  my  care, 
The  other  left  me  three. 

Joanna  was  beyond  compare, 

A  Phenix  rare  was  she  : 
Heaven  thought  her  sure  too  good  to  stay 

A  longer  time  on  earth, 
In  childbed  therefore  as  she  lay, 

To  God  resign'd  her  breath." 


On  a  tombstone  in  the  burying-ground  of   Church 
Crettow,  in  Shropshire,  is  this  epitaph  : — 

"Ona  Thursday  she  was  born, 
On  a  Thursday  made  a  bride, 
On  a  Thursday  put  to  bed, 
On  a  Thursday  broke  her  leg,   and 
On  a  Thursday  died." 


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At  Bramfield,  Suffolk  :— 

"Between  the  remains  of  her  brother  Edward 

And  of  her  husband  Arthur, 

Here  lies  the  body  of  Beidgett  Applewhaite, 

Once  Bridgett  Nelson. 

After  the  fatigues  of  a  married  life 

Borne  by  her  with  incredible  patience 

For  four  years  and  three  quarters,  bating  3  weeks, 

And  after  the  enjoiment  of  the  glorious  freedom 

Of  an  easy  and  unblemished  widowhood 

For  four  years  and  upwards, 

She  resolved  to  run  the  risk  of  a  second  marriage  bed, 

But  death  forbad  the  banns  : — 

And  having  with  an  apoplectick  dart 

(The  same  instrument  with  which  he  had  formerly 

Dispatched  her  mother,) 

Toucht  the  most  vital  part  of  her  brain, 

She  must  have  fallen  directly  to  the  ground, 

(as  one  thunder-struck) 

If  she  had  not  been  catched  and  supported 

by  her  intended  husband, 

of  which   invisible   bruise 

After  a  struggle  for  above  sixty  hours 

"With  that  grand  enemy  and  life 

(But  the  certain  and  merciful  friend  to  old  age) 

In  terrible  convulsions,  plaintive  groans, 

or  stupifying  sleep, 

"Without  recovery  of  her  speech  or  senses, 

She  died  on   12th  day  of  Sept.,  in  the  year 

of  our  Lord  1737, 

And  of  her  own  age  44." 


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FRIENDS. 


FRIENDS 


On  a  friend  (by  Lord  Byron,  1803)  :— 

:  Oh  !  Friend  !  for  ever  loved,  for  ever  dear, 
What  fruitless  tears  have  bath'd  thy  crystal  bier, 
"What  sighs  re-echo' d  to  thy  parting  breath, 
Whilst  thon  was  struggling  in  the  pangs  of  death. 
Could  tears  retard  the  tyrant  in  his  course: 
Could  sighs  avert  his  dart's  relentless  force  ; 
Could  youth  and  virtue  claim  a  short  delay, 
Or  beauty  charm  the  spectre  from  his  prey ; 
Thou  still  hadst  lived  to  bless  my  aching  sight, 
Thy  comrade's  honour,  and  thy  friend's  delight. 
If  yet,  thy  gentle  spirit  hover  nigh 
The  spot,  where  now  thy  mouldering  ashes  lie, 
Here  wilt  thou  read,  recorded  on  my  heart, 
A  grief  too  deep  to  trust  the  sculptor's  art. 
No  marble  marks  thy  couch  of  lowly  sleep, 
But  living  statues  there  are  seen  to  weep ; 
Affliction's    semblance   bends   not  o'er  thy  tomb, 
Affliction's  self  deplores  thy  youthful  doom. 
What  though  thy  sire  lament  his  failing  line, 
A  father's  sorrows  cannot  equal  mine  ! 
Though  none  like  thee  his  dying  hour  will  cheer, 
Yet  other  offspring-  soothe  his  anguish  here : 
But  who  with  me  shall  hold  thy  former  place  ? 
Thine  image,  what  new  friendship  can  efface  ? 
Ah  !  none  :  a  father's  tears  will  cease  to  flow, 
Time  will  assuage  an  infant  brother's  woe  ; 
To  all,  save  one,  is  consolation  known, 
While  solitary  friendship  sighs  alone." 


On  a  friend  (by  Eobert  Burns) : — 
"  An  honest  man  here  lies  at  rest 
As  e'er  God  with  his  image  blest ; 


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The  friend  of  man,  the  friend  of  truth  : 
The  friend  of  age — and  guide  of  youth ; 
Few  hearts  like  his,  with  virtue  warm'd, 
Few  heads  with  knowledge  so  inform' d  : 
If  there's  another  world,  he  lives  in  bliss; 
If  there  is  none,  he  made  the  most  of  this.' 


Inscription  on  a  cenotaph  in  a  garden,   erected  to  a 
deceased  friend  (by  Hannah  More): — 

"  Ye  lib'ral  shades  who  rev'rence  Friendship's  name, 
Who  boast  her  blessings,  and  who  feel  her  flame ; 
Oh  !  if  from  early  youth  one  friend  you've  lov'd, 
"Whom  warm  affection  chose,  and  taste  approv'd ; 
If  you  have  known  what  anguish  rends  the  heart, 
When  such,  so  known,  so  lov'd,  for  ever  part ; 
Approach !  For  you  the  Mourner  rears  this  stone, 
To  soothe  your  sorrows,  and  record  his  own." 


LAWYEES 


Inscription  on  the  tomb  of  a  lawyer,  in  St.  Pancras 
churchyard,  Middlesex.  There  is  a  flat  stone,  which 
some  years  since  lay  even  with  the  ground,  but  was, 
about  1815,  raised  on  a  few  tiers  of  bricks  (to  prevent 
obliteration  by  footsteps),  by  order  of  the  churchwar- 
dens :  the  situation  of  the  tomb  is  not  far  from  the  east 
corner  of  the  church,  a  little  beyond  a  lofty  tomb  with 
a  monument.  I  saw  it  in  1817,  and  took  a  copy  as 
under : — 

"  This  stone  is  inscribed  to  the  Memory  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Abbott;  of  Swaffham,  in  the  county  of  Norfolk, 


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attorney- at-law,  who  died  lamented  by  his  friends, 
(enemies  he  had  none)  after  a  painful  and  tedious  illness, 
which  he  bore  with  patience,  resignation,  and  fortitude 
becoming  a  man.  Departed  this  life  August  the  16th, 
Anno  Domini  1762,  aged  48. 

Here  lieth  one  believe  it  if  you  can, 
Who,  though  an  attorney  was  an  honest  man, 
The  gates  of  heaven  for  him  shall  open  wide, 
But  will  be  shut  'gainst  all  the  tribe  beside." 

Correspondent  to  the  Mirror,  1829. 


On  John  Shaw  : — 

"Here  lies  John  Shaw 
Attorney-at-law, 


And  when  he  died 

The  Devil  cried 

Give  us  your  paw 

John  Shaw, 

Attorney-at-Law." — Moore's  Memoirs. 


On  a  tablet  placed  outside  of  Wirks worth  church  : — 

"  Near  this  place  lies  the  body  of 
Philip  Shall  Cross, 
Once  an  eminent  quill-driver  to  the  attorneys 
in  this  town,  he  died  the  17th  November,  1787,  aged  67. 
Viewing  Philip  in  a  moral  light,  the  most  prominent  and 
remarkable  features  in  his  Character  were  his  real  and 
invincible    attachment  to   dogs  and  cats,    and  his  un- 
bounded benevolence  towards  them,  as  well  as  towards 
his  fellow  creatures. 

To  the  Ceitic. 

Seek  not  to  shun  the  devious  path  Phil  trode, 

Nor  draw  his  frailties  from  their  dread  abode, 

In  modest  sculpture  let  this  tombstone  tell, 

That  much  esteemed  he  lived,  and  much  regretted  fell." 


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In  Castle  ton  church,  Derbyshire.  On  Micah  Hall, 
gent,  attorney-at-  law,  who  left  an  inscription  to  be  put 
on  his  monument,  remarkable  for  its  rude,  unfeeling, 
and  independent  nature.  It  exists  in  Latin,  and  is  thus 
translated : — 

""Wliat  I  was  you  know  not — 
What  I  am  you  know  not — 
Whither  I  am  gone  you  know  not — 

Go  about  your  business." — Gem  of  the  Peak. 


In  Elmsett  church,  Suffolk  : — 

"Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Edward  Sueeland,  of 
Grayes  Inn,  Esquire,  descended  from  the  ancient  family 
of  the  Sherlands,  in  the  Isle  of  Sheppy,  in  Kent,  who 
lived  his  whole  life  a  single  man,  and  dyed  in  this  parish 
the  13th  of  May,  1609. 

"  Tombs  have  no  vse,  unlesse  it  be  to  showe 
The  due  respecte  which  friend  to  friend  doth  owe. 
'Tis  not  a  Mausolean  Monument 
Or  hireling  epitaph  that  can  prevent 
The  ilux  of  fame  :  A  painted  sepulchre 
Is  but  a  rotten  trustlesse  treasurer, 
A  fair  Gate  built  to  oblivion. 
But  he  whose  life,  whose  ever(ie)  action, 
Like  well- wrought  stones  and  pyramides  erect 
A  monument  to  honour  and  respect, 
As  this  man  did,  he  needs  no  other  herse, 
Yet  hath  but  due,  having  both  tombe  and  verse  !  " 


On  an  attorney  at  law  : — 

"A  tender  husband,  and  a  friend  sincere, 
Consign' cl  to  earth,  implores  the  silent  tear; 
Learn' d  in  the  laws,  he  never  warp'd  their  sense, 
To  shelter  vice,  or  injure  innocence ; 
But  firm  to  truth,  by  no  mean  interest  mov'd, 


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To  all  dispcns'd  that  justice  which  he  lov'd ; 
Virtue  oppress' d  he  taught  her  rights  to  know, 
And  guilt  detected,  fear'd  the  coming  blow ; 
Thus  humbly  useful,  and  without  offence, 
He  fill'd  the  circle  mark'd  by  Providence ; 
In  age  completing  what  his  youth  began, 
'  The  noblest  work  of  God,  an  Honest  Man.''  " 


At  St.  Bartholomew,  London  :  — 

"  Here  lies  William  Shaw. 
An  attorney  at-law ; 
If  he  is  not  blest, 
What  will  become  of  all  the  rest  ? 


PHYSICIANS 


On  Sir  Thomas  Browne,  M.D.,  author  of  "Religio 
Medici,''  in  the  church  of  St.  Peter  Mancroft,  Nor- 
wich : — 

"M.  S. 

Hie  situs  est  Thomas  Biiowne,  M.D. 

Et  Miles. 

Anno  1605,  Londini  natus; 

Generosa   familia   apud   Upton 

In  agro  Cestricnsi  oriundus. 

Schola  primum  Wintoniensi,  postea 

In  Coll.  Pcmbr. 

Apud  Oxonienscs  bonis  Uteris 

Haud  leviter  imbutus  ; 

In  urbe  hac  Nordovicensi  medicinam 

Arte  cgrcgia,  et  felici  successu  professus  ; 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Scriptis  quibus  tituli,  Religio  Medici 

Et  Psettdodoxia  Epidemica,  aliisque 

Per  orbem  notissimus. 

Vir  prudentissimus,  integerrinius,  doctissimus  ; 

Obiit  Octob.  19.  1682. 

Pie  posuit  moestissima  conjux 

Da.  Doroth.  Br. 

Near  the  foot  of  this  pillar 

Lies  Sir  Thomas  Browne,  Knt.  and  doctor  in  physic, 

Author  of  Religio  Medici,  and  other  learned  books, 

Who  practised  physic  in  this  city  46  years, 

And  died  Oct.  1682,  in  the  77th  year  of  his  age. 

In  memory  of  whom 

Dame  Dorothy  Browne,  who  had  been  his  affectionate 

Wife  47  years,  caused  this  monument  to  be 

Erected." 


On  the  Rev.  Sir  James  Stonhouse,  Bart.  M.D.,  who 
died  at  Bristol  Hotwells,  Dec.  8th,  1795,  in  his  80th 
year  (by  Hannah  More)  :— 

"Here  rests  awhile,  in  happier  climes  to  shine, 
The  Orator,  Physician,  and  Divine  : 
'Twas  his,  like  Luke,  the  double  task  to  fill, 
To  heal  the  nat'ral  and  the  moral  ill. 

You  whose  awaken' d  hearts  his  labours  bless' d, 
"Where  every  touch  by  every  grace  was  dress' d ; 
0  let  your  lives  evince,  that  still  you  feel 
The  effective  influence  of  his  fervent  zeal. 

One  spirit  rescued  from  eternal  woe, 
Were  nobler  fame  than  marble  can  bestow  ; 
That  lasting  monument  will  mock  decay, 
And  stand  triumphant  at  the  final  day." 


On  Mrs.  Sarah  Stonhouse,  second  wife  of  the  Rev. 
Sir  James  Stonhouse,  Bart,  (by  Hannah  More) : — 

"Come,  Resignation  !  wipe  the  human  tear 
Domestic  anguish  drops  o'er  virtue's  bier ; 


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Bid  selfish  sorrow  hush  the  fond  complaint, 

Nor,  from  the  God  she  lov'd,  detain  the  saint. 

Truth,  meekness,  patience,  honour' d  shade!  were  thine; 

And  holy  hope  and  charity  divine  : 

Tho'  these  thy  forfeit  being  could  not  save, 

Thy  faith  subdued  the  terrors  of  the  grave. 

Oh  !  if  thy  living  excellence  could  teach, 

Death  has  a  loftier  emphasis  of  speech : 

Let  death  thy  strongest  lesson  then  impart, 

And  write,  prepare  to  die,  on  every  heart." 


In   Hendon  churchyard,  on  Tom  Crosfield,    M.D., 
(written  by  himself)  : — 

"  In  Memory  of 

Robert  Thomas  Crosfield,   M.D. 

Who  died  8th  Nov.  1802, 

Aged  44  years. 

Beneath  this  stone  Tom  Crosfield  lies, 
Who  cares  not  now  who  laughs  or  cries ; 
He  laughed  when  sober,  and  when  mellow, 
Was  a  harum  scarum  heedless  fellow. 
He  gave  to  none  design' d  offence, 
So  '  Honi  soit  qui  mat  y  pense?  " 


At  Chelsea,  on  Sir  Hans  Sloane,  the  eminent  Natu- 
ralist and  Physician  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of 

Sir  Hans  Sloane,  Bart. 

President  of  the  Royal  Society,  and  the 

College  of  Physicians, 

Who  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1753, 

the  92nd  year  of  his  age, 

Without  the  least  pain  of  body,  and  with  a 

conscious  serenity  of  mind, 

ended  a  virtuous  and  beneficent  life. 

This  Monument  was  erected  by  his  two  daughters 
Elizabeth  Cadogan,   and  Sarah  Stanley." 


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EPITAPHS.  ITC. 


On  Dr.  Statfoed,  the  fat  physician  : — 

•  ■  T  ike  heed,  0  good  Traveller,  and  do  not  tread  hard, 
For  here  lies  Dr.  Stafford,  in  all  this  church;: 


On  Boyle  Godfrey,    chemist   and  doctor  of   medi- 
cine : — 

"Here  lieth  to  digest  rate  and  amalgamate  with 

(  hn   super   stratum. 

The  residuum,  terra  damnata,  and  caput  mortuum 

of  Boyle  Godfrey,   Chemist 

and  Doctor  of  Medicine. 

A  man.  who  in  this  earthly  laboratory,  pursued  all  the 

various  processes  to  obtain  arcanum  vita,   or  the  art  of 

na,   rather  than  making  gold.     Alch.ymist  like,  all 
his  labour  and  pr  .  in  ihe fire,  evapo- 

rated in  fume.      \Vhen  he  dissolved  to  his  first  principles, 
he  departed  as  pure  as  the  last  d  :   an  alembic!:,  for 

riches   are   not   poured   on   adepts   of    this   world. 

Though  fond  of  news,  he  carefully  avoided  the  fer- 
mentation .  this  life. 
Full  seventy  y                                                 -        metically 
1  in  its   t.                       •.     But  the  ra  i 

ted,  the  «&  i      \    :.:.  and  exsiccated  to 

a  cuticle,  he  could  not  suspend  longer  in  his  vehicle, 
but  precipitated  gradatum.  per  tampanum  to  its  original 
dust.  May  that  light  brighter,  that  Bolognian  phospho- 
rus, preserve  him  from  the  athanor.  ma,  and 
reverberatory  furnace  of  the  other  world,  depurate  him 
from  the  this,  highly  rectify  and 
volatilize  his  ethereal  spirit,  place  him  over  the  helm  of 
the  retort  of  this  globe,  place  him  in  a  proper  recipient, 
or  crystalline  orb.  among  the  elect  of  th  -  )f  Benja- 
min :  never  to  be  saturated,  till  the  general  a  turn, 
jration.  calcination,  and  sublimation  of  all  things." 


Opposite  to  the  monument  of  Sir  Ralph  Abercrombv, 
in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  is  a  statue  of  Dr.  Badengiox, 

in  his  professional  robes,  with  the  inscription  : — 


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PHYSICIANS. 


"  William  Babington,  M.D.,  F.B.S., 

Fellow  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians, 
bom  May  21st,  1756,    died  April  29th,  1833. 

Eminently  distinguished  for  science  ; 

beloved  for  the  simplicity  of  his  manners, 

and  the  benevolence  of  his  heart ; 

respected  for  his  inflexible  integrity,  and  his  pure 

and  unaffected  piety. 

In  all  relations  of  his  professional  life 

he  was  sagacious,  candid,  diligent  and  humane, 

firm  in  purpose,  gentle  in  execution ; 

justly  confident  in  his  own  judgment ; 

yet  generously  open  to  the  opinion  of  others ; 

liberal  and  indulgent  to  his  brethren, 
but  ever  mindful  of  his  duty  to  the  public. 

To  record  the  admiration  of  so  rare  a  union  of  intellectual 

excellence  and  moral  worth,  and  to  extend  to  future 

generations  the  salutary  influence  which  his  living 

example  can  no  longer  diffuse, 

this  monument  has  been  erected  by  the  public 

subscription  of  his  contemporaries, 

a.d.  1837." 


Br.  John  Caius,  the  eminent  English  physician,  and 
from  whom  Caius  college  takes  its  name,  died  July  29th, 
1573,  aged  62,  and  was  buried  in  the  college  chapel, 
with  the  following  short  epitaph : — 

"  Fui  Caius.     Vivit  post  funcra  virtus." 


In  Morton  college,  Oxford,  on  Thomas  "West,  M.D., 
who  died  17th  August,  1738,  aged  70  : — 

"  Without  a  pang  translated  straight  to  Heaven, 
And  scarcely  feeling  when  the  stroke  was  given  ; 
As  if,  well  skill' d  in  every  lenient  art, 
Thyself  hadst  smooth' d  Destruction's  painful  dart ; 
Didst  thou  discover  where  this  transient  span 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"Was  ended,  where  immortal  life  began  ? 

But  soon  the  wondrous  change  thou  shalt  perceive, 

Xo  longer  call'd  the  wretched  to  relieve, 

Thy  science  useless,  and  thy  worth  approv'd, 

Shall  tell  thee  that  from  earth  thou  art  removed." 


Inscription  on  the  monument  at  Musselburgh  (on  the 
right  bank  of  the  Esk),  to  Dr.  Mora,  the  celebrated 
"  Delta"  of  Blackwood's  Magazine  : — 

"  In  Memory  of  David  Macbeth  Mora, 

Beloved  as  a  Man  ;  Honoured  as  a  Citizen  ;  Esteemed 

as  a  Physician ;  and  celebrated  as  a  Poet. 

Born  5th  January,  1798.     Died  6th  July,  1851." 

This  statue  is  the  work  of  Mr.  Ritchie ;  the  figure  is  in 
an  erect  posture,  and  represents  the  poet  perusing  a 
scroll ;  the  costume  is  a  flowing  robe.  The  pedestal  is 
a  plain  square  pillar,  exhibiting  near  the  top  the  letter 
"  Delta,"  the  nom  de  plume  of  the  poet,  encircled  by  a 
wreath.     At  the  base  is  the  above  inscription. 


On  Peter  Perkins,  at  a  village  in  Hampshire  : — 

"  Here  lays  Mr.  Peter  Perkins  : 
He  was  a  man  without  guile 
And  an  apothecary  without  ostentation" 


On  Mrs.  Mart  Clarke,  wife  of  Dr.  Clarke,  physician 
at  Epsom,  died  April  27th,  1757,  and  is  buried  in  the 
church  at  Beckenham,  Kent  (by  Thomas  Gray,  the 
poet) : — 

"Lo!  where  this  silent  marble  weeps, 
A  friend,  a  wife,  a  mother  sleeps ; 
A  heart  within  whose  sacred  cell 
The  peaceful  virtues  loved  to  dwell : 


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PHYSICIANS. 


Affection  warm  and  faith  sincere 

And  soft  humanity  were  there. 

In  agony,  in  death  resigned, 

She  felt  the  wounds  she  left  behind. 

Her  infant  image  here  below, 

Sits  smiling  on  a  father's  wo, 

Whom  what  awaits  while  yet  he  strays 

Along  the  lonely  vale  of  days  ? 

A  pang,  to  secret  sorrow  dear, 

A  sigh,  an  unavailing  tear, 

Till  time  shall  every  grief  remove 

With  life,  with  memory,  and  with  love." 


At  St.  Martin' s-in-the -Fields,  London  : — 

"  Sacred 

To  the  Memory  of  John  Irving,  Esq. 

of  Sligo,  Ireland, 

Surgeon  to  his  Majesty's  Forces, 

Who  died  on  the  22nd  of  April,  1810, 

Aged  33  years  ; 

A  victim,  like  thousands  of  our 

Gallant  Countrymen, 

To  the  fatal  consequences  of  the 

Unfortunate  Expedition  to  the  Schelt, 

Commanded  by  John,  Earl  of  Chatham." 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  monument  erected  to  the 
memory  of  that  eminent  and  amiable  surgeon,  Sir 
Astlet  Cooper.*     It  bears  an  inscription  as  follows  : — 

"  Sir  Astley  Paston  Cooper,  Bart., 
K.C.H.,  F.E.S.,  D.C.L., 

Member  of  the  National  Institute  of  France. 
Serjeant  Surgeon  to  their  late  Majesties 


He  was  interred  by  his  own  desire  beneath  the  chapel  of  Guy's  Hospital. 
187 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


George  IT.  William  IT. 

to  her  present  Majesty  Queen  Tictoria, 

and  for  a  period  of  42  years 

Surgeon  to  Guy's  Hospital. 

Horn  1768,  Died  1842. 

Animated  by  a  fervent  attachment 

to  the  science  and  practice  of  his  profession, 

It  was  the  study  of  his  life  to  augment  and  exemplify 

the  resources  of  Surgery, 

and  by  a  most  assiduous,  benevolent,  and  successful 

application  of  his  time  and  talents 

to  this  noble  department  of  the  healing  art, 

not  his  country  alone,  but  the  world, 

became  indebted  to  his  exertions 

and  familiar  with  his  Fame. 

As  a  Memorial  of  his  excellence  and  their  admiration, 

his  contemporaries  and  pupils 

have  erected  this  Monument  to  perpetuate 

his  name  and  his  example."' 


Edward  Jexxee,  M.D.,  died  Jan.  26,  1823,  aged  74, 
and  the  following  is  inscribed  upon  his  tomb,  at  Berke- 
ley, in  Gloucestershire  : — 

"Within  this  tomb  hath  found  a  resting  place, 
The  great  Physician  of  the  human  race, — 
Immortal  Jexxee  !  whose  gigantic  mind 

Brought  life  and  health  to  more  than  half  mankind. 

Let  rescued  infancy  his  worth  proclaim, 

And  lisp  out  blessings  on  his  honour' d  name  ; 

And  radiant  beauty  drop  one  grateful  tear. 

For  beauty's  truest  friend  lies  buried  here." 


Dr.  Caleb  Hilliee  Pasry  was  buried  in  the  Abbey 
Church  at  Bath.  Amarble  slab  is  laid  over  the  place  of 
his  interment,  by  his  widow  and  children,  inscribed  as 
follows : — 


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PHYSICIANS. 


"Underneath 

Are  deposited  the  remains  of 

Caleb  Hilliee  Pabey,  M.D.,  F.R.S.,  &c. 

Who,  after  a  painful  and  complicated  illness 

Of  nearly  six  years, 

Which  he  bore  with  exemplary  resignation, 

Quitted  this  mortal  scene,  March  9,  1822, 

Aged  66  years. 

The  esteem  of  his  professional  brethren 

Has,  on  a  monument  in  the  Choir  of  this  Church, 

Eecorded  some  of  his  virtues ; 

The  love  and  regret  of  his  Widow  and 

Six  surviving  Children 

Place  this  Stone  to  his  Memory. 

Thou  silent  Door  of  our  sepulchral  sleep  ! 
Sickness  and  pain,  debility  and  woes, 
All  the  dire  train  of  ills  Existence  knows, 
Thou  shuttcst  out  for  ever !  Why  then  weep 
This  fixed  tranquility,  so  long  so  deep, 

For  a  dear  J  -^  ,,     ,  ^      j  faded  form,  where  rose 

ISTo  energy  enlivening  health  bestows, 

Through  many  a  tedious  year  that  used  to  creep 

In  languid  deprivation,  while  the  Flame 

Of  Intellect,  resplendent  once  confessed, 

Dark  and  more  dark  each  passing  day  became  ! 

Now  that  angelic  lights  the  Soul  invest, 

Calm  let  us  yield  to  thee  a  joyless  Frame, 

Thou  Silent  Door  of  everlasting  llest !" 


In  St.  John  the  Baptist  Church,  Savoy,  London,  is  a 
handsome  monument  (by  Watson)  erected  in  1846,  to 
the  memory  of  Dr.  Cameeox,  the  last  person  who  was 
executed  on  account  of  the  liebellion  of  1 745,  with  the 
following  inscription  engraved  upon  it : — 

"To  the  Memory  of  Dr.  Archibald  Cameeojnt,  whose 

remains  after  his  Execution  were  deposited  in 

the  Vault  beneath. 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


This  Monument  with  the  Gracious  Permission  of 

Her  Majesty  the  Queen  Victoria 

is  erected  by  his  Great-Grandson,  a.d.  1846. 

One  hundred  years  after  the  battle  of  Culloden. 

To  soothe  the  Sufferer  then  was  all  thy  thought, 
Whate'er  the  banner  under  which  he  fought. 

Thy  hand  would  staunch  the  blood  of  him  who  bled, 
"Were  it  for  Brunswick,  or  for  Stuart  shed." 


In  York  Minster  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  John  Dealtry,  M.D. 

Whose  skill  in  his  profession  was  only  equalled 

By  the  humanity  of  his  practice ; 

Elizaleth  his  afflicted  widow  dedicates  this  Monument. 

He  died  March  25th,  1773,  aged  65. 

Here  o'er  the  tomb  where  Dealtby's  ashes  sleep, 

See  health  in  emblematic  anguish  weep  ; 

She  drops  her  faded  wreath,  '  Xo  more,'  she  cries, 

'  Let  languid  mortals,  with  beseeching  eyes 

1  Implore  my  feeble  aid  : — it  failed  to  save 

'My  own  and  nature's  guardian  from  the  grave.'  " 


At  Enfield,  in  Middlesex,  on  John  Abebnethy,   the 
celebrated  surgeon : — 

"H.  S.  E. 

Johannes  Abernethy,  R.S.S. 

Regii  chirurgorum  Collegii  quondam  praeses, 

Qui  ingenio,  probitate,  benignitate, 

Eximie  proeditus, 

Artem  Medicam  per  annos  plurimos, 

Summa  cum  diligentia,   solertia,  felicitate, 

Colvit,  Exercuit,  docuit,  auxit, 

Et,  scriptis  hoc  marmore  perennioribus, 

Posteritati  Tradidit. 

Morbo  demum  gravissinio  confectus, 

Cuju's  angores  baud  aliter  domandos. 


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PAINTEltS. 


Pio  et  Constanti  animo  subegit, 

Conjugi,  liberis,    amicis,  discipulis, 

Humano  Generi,  cui  tantopere  succurrerat, 

Flebilis, 

Aprilis  die  20,  a.d.  1831.     JEt.  suse  67. 

Placide  in  Christo  obdormivit." 


PAINTEES. 


William  Hogarth,  the  celebrated  painter,  died  Oct. 
26,  1764,  aged  66,  and  was  buried  in  Chiswick  church- 
yard. On  his  monument  there,  which  is  ornamented 
with  a  mask,  a  laurel  wreath,  a  palette,  pencils,  and  a 
book  inscribed  "  Analysis  of  Beauty,"  are  the  following 
lines  written  (by  David  Garrick)  : — 

"  Farewell  great  painter  of  mankind, 
Who  reached  the  noblest  point  of  art, 
Whose  pictured  morals  charm  the  mind, 
And,  thro'  the  eye,  correct  the  heart. 

If  genius  fire  thee,  reader,  stay, 

If  nature  move  thee,  drop  a  tear ; 

If  neither  touch  thee,  pass  away, 

For  Hogarth's  honoured  dust  lies  here." 


For  William  Hogarth  (by  Dr.  Johnson)  : — 

"  The  hand  of  him  here  torpid  lies, 

That  drew  th'  essential  form  of  grace  : 
Here  closed  in  death  th'  attentive  eyes, 
That  saw  the  manners  in  the  face." 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  St.  Paul's  churchyard,  London,  is  buried  James 
Worsdale,  the  painter  and  dramatic  writer,  a  pupil  of 
Sir  Godfrey  Knell er's,  who  died  in  1767.  He  carried 
Pope's  letters  to  Curll ;  and  was  buried  in  the  church- 
yard, with  an  inscription  of  his  own  composing  : — 

"  Eager  to  get,  but  not  to  keep  the  pelf — 
A  friend  to  all  mankind,  except  himself." 


Sir  GoDFBEr  Kneller  died  1723,  aged  75  years,  and 
was  buried  at  Twickenham,*  where  the  only  mention 
of  his  name  is  on  a  stone  let  into  the  churchyard  wall, 
and  is  as  follows : — 

"  1585  Superficial  feet  of  ground  was  granted  to  this 
Parish,  by  his  Grace  Charles,  Duke  of  Somerset,  for  the 
enlargement  of  this  churchyard,  1713.  Sir  Godfrey 
Kneller  and  Thomas  Yernon  being  Churchwardens." 


There  is  a  splendid  monument  to  his  memory  ( by 
Rysbrack)  in  Westminster  Abbey.  It  consists  of  a 
bust  under  a  canopy,  cupid  holding  the  medallion  pro- 
file of  a  lady.  Beneath  is  this  inscription  ( written  by 
Pope)  :— 

"  Kneller  !  by  Heaven,  and  not  a  master  taught, 
"Whose  Art  was  Nature,  and  whose  Picture  thought ; 
Now  for  two  ages  having  snatch' d  from  Fate 
"Whate'er  was  beauteous,  or  whate'er  wras  great, 
Lies  crown' d  with  princes'  honours,  poets'  lays, 
Due  to  his  merit  and  brave  thirst  of  praise. 

Living,  great  Nature  fear'd  he  might  outvie 
Her  works;  and,  dying,  fears  herself  may  die." 


*  "  Sir  Godfrey  sent  to  me  just  before  lie  died.  He  began  by  telling  me 
he  was  now  convinced  be  could  not  live,  and  fell  into  a  passion  of  tears.  I 
said  I  hoped  he  might,  but  that  if  not  he  knew  it  was  the  will  of  God.  He 
answered,  '  No,  no,  no,  it  is  the  Evil  Spirit.'  The  next  word  he  said  was 
this  :  '  Bv  God,  I  will  not  be  buried  in  Westminster.'  I  asked  him  why  ? 
He  answered,  'Thev  do  burv  fools  there.'  Then  he  said  to  me,  'My  good 
friend,  where  will  vou  be  buried  1 '  I  said,  « Wherever  I  drop  :  very  likely 
Twitnam.'  He  replied,  '  So  will  I : '  then  proceeded  to  desire  I  would  write 
his  epitaph  which  I  promised  him,"— Pope  to  Lord  Strafford. 


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PAINTERS. 


Inscription  over  the  remains  of  Titian.  Beneath  a 
plain  sepulchral  stone,  in  the  chnrch  of  Santa  Maria  de 
Frari,  at  Venice,  rest  the  ashes  of  Titian,  the  prince  of 
the  Venetian  school  of  painters;  he  died  in  1576, 
99:— 

"  Qvi  Giace  il  gran  Tiziano  de  vecelli 
Emulator  de  Zeusi  e  degli  Apelli." 


Anthony  Vandyck,  the  celebrated  painter,  died  Dec. 
9,  1641,  aged  43,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Paul's  Cathe- 
dral. The  following  is  his  epitaph  (written  by  A.  Cow- 
ley, the  poet) : — 

"His  pieces  so  with  their  live  objects  strive 
That  both  or  pictures  seem,  or  both  alive  ; 
Nature,  herself  amazed,  does  doubting  stand 
Which  is  her  own,  and  which  the  Painter's  hand." 


On  Quintin  Matsys,  the  blacksmith  of  Antwerp: — 
"  When  in  his  20th  year  he  became  enamoured  of  a 
young  woman,  the  daughter  of  a  painter,  whose  father 
had  made  a  vow  that  none  but  a  painter  should  marry 
his  daughter. — He  instantly  resolved  to  abandon  the 
hammer  for  the  brush,  and  applied  himself  with  so  much 
assiduity  that  he  soon  produced  pictures  which  gave 
promise  of  high  excellence.  He  gained  for  his  reward 
the  fair  hand  for  which  he  sighed,  and  rose  to  a  high 
rank  in  his  profession.  He  died  in  1529."  On  a  Monu- 
ment erected,  a  century  afterwards,  to  his  memory,  in 
the  Cathedral  of  JSTotre  Dame,  at  Antwerp,  the  inscrip- 
tion thus  records  the  singular  story  of  his  life : — 

"All  conquering  love  had  made  an  Apelles 
of  a  blacksmith." 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  is  a  statue  (by  Flaxman)  of 
Sir  Joshua  Reynolds,  in  his  robes  of  office,  as  a  doctor 
of  laws,  holding  his  lectures  in  his  right  hand,  his  left 
resting  on  a  pedestal,  exhibiting  a  head  of  Michael 
Angelo.  The  inscription  is  in  Latin,  and  is  thus  trans- 
lated :— 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  To  Joshua  Reynolds, 

Prince  of  the  Painters  of  his  age, 

and  in  the  splendour  and  harmony  of  his  colouring, 

bringing  forth  in  turn  the  varieties  of  light  and  shade, 

scarcely  second  to  any  of  the  ancient  Masters: 

who,  while  invested  with  the  highest  glories  of  his  art, 

became  yet  more  honourable  by  suavity  of  manners, 

and  urbanity  of  life  ; 

who  found  his  art  languishing  and  decaying  over  the  earth, 

and  revived  it  by  the  force  of  his  admirable  example, 

illustrated  it  by  rules  exquisitely  framed 

and  delivered  it  to  the  hands  of  posterity  corrected  and 

polished. 

The  friends  and  guardians  of  his  fame 

placed  this  statue,  in  the  year  of  salvation,  1813. 

He  was  born  July  16,  1723  ; 

Died,  February  23,  1792." 


The  body  of  Raphael,  a  sublime  painter,  who  died 
1520,  aged  37,  was  consigned  with  great  pomp  to  the 
church  of  Sta  Maria  Rotonda,  at  Rome,  which  was 
formerly  the  Pantheon,  where  his  bones  still  rest,  with 
the  exception  of  his  skull,  which  was  afterwards  placed 
in  the  academy  of  St.  Luke.  His  tomb  is  indicated  by 
his  bust  (executed  by  Naldini,  and  placed  there  by 
Carlo  Maratti),  and  by  the  following  ejritaph  ( by  Car- 
dinal Bembo) : — 

"  Ille  hie  est  Raphael,  timuit  quo  Sospite  vinci 
Rerum  magna  parens,  et  moriente  mori." 


Edward  Bird,  R.A.,  painter  to  the  princess  Charlotte, 
was  buried  in  the  cloisters  of  Bristol  Cathedral,  where 
there  is  a  flat  stone  with  the  following  inscription  upon 
it:— 

"  Beneath  this  Stone 

are  deposited  the  remains 

of  Edward  Bird,  Esq.  R.A. 

who  departed  this  life 

November  2nd,  1819,  Aged  45. 


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PAINTEBS. 


And  of  Martha  his  widow, 
Who    died   May   25th,    1846, 


Aged  66. 


Their  Children  caused  this  stone  to  be  placed  as  a 

tribute  of  affection 

To  the  Memory  of 

Their  Beloved  Parents." 


In  Hampton  church  : — 

"Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Huntingdon  Shaw,  of 
Nottingham,  who  died  at  Hampton  Court,  on  the  20th 
of  October,  1710.  He  was  an  artist  in  his  way.  He 
designed  and  executed  the  ornamental  ironwork  at 
Hampton  Court  Palace." 


"  Sir  Dayid  Wilkie,  the  celebrated  painter,  was  at 
Alexandria,  in  April,  1841,  where  he  commenced  a 
portrait  of  Mehemet  Ali.  He  embarked  for  England, 
May  21,  was  taken  ill  on  the  voyage,  and  died  June  1st, 
1841,  off  Gibraltar.  In  the  evening  of  the  same  day 
his  body  was  committed  to  the  deep." 


On  William  Woollett,  the  celebrated  engraver  : — 

"  Engrav'd  by  genius  on  the  human  heart 
Woollett  thy  works  shall  stand  without  a  stain ; 

And  though  the  great  original  is  gone 
The  first  impression  ever  shall  remain." 


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ACTOES. 


David  Gaeeick  was  buried  in  Poets'  Comer,  "West- 
minster Abbey,  under  a  large  blue  marble  flag  stone, 
which  bears  the  following  inscription  in  gold  letters: — 

"  David  Gaeeick, 

Born  20th  February,  1716, 

Died  20th  January,  1779. 

Eva  Maeia  Gaeeick, 
Born  29th  February,  1724, 
Died  16th  October,  1822." 

Some  years  after  his  death,  a  monument  was  erected 
to  his  memory,  at  the  expense  of  Mr.  Albany  Wallis, 
It  consists  of  a  full  length  figure,  leaning  forward,  and 
throwing  aside  a  curtain,  which  discovers  a  medallion 
of  Shakspeare.  Tragedy  and  Comedy  are  seated  beneath. 
The  monument  bears  this  inscription  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of 

David  Gaeeick, 

"Who  died  in  the  year  1779, 

at  the  age  of  63. 

To  paint  fair  Xature,  by  divine  command, 
Her  magic  pencil  in  his  glowing  hand, 
A  Shakespeare  rose — then,  to  expand  his  fame, 
Wide  o'er  this  '  breathing  world '  a  Gaeeick  came. 
Though  sunk  in  death  the  forms  the  Poet  drew, 
The  Actor's  genius  bade  them  breathe  anew ; 
Though,  like  the  bard  himself,  in  night  they  lay, 
Immortal  Gaeeick  call'd  them  back  to  day : 
And  till  eternity,  with  power  sublime, 
Shall  mark  the  mortal  hour  of  hoary  Time, 
Shakespeare  and  Garrick  like  twin  stars  shall  shine, 
And  earth  irradiate  with  a  beam  divine. — Pratt. 

This  Monument,  the  Tribute  of  a  Friend, 
was  erected  in  1797." 


196 


ACTOBS. 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  David  Gaeeick,  in 
Litchfield  Cathedral : — 

"  Eva  Maria, 

Relict  of  David  Gaeeicx,  Esq. 

Caused  this  Monument  to  be  erected 

To  the  memory  of  her  beloved  husband, 

Who  died  the  20th  of  January,  1779,  aged  63  years. 

He  had  not  only  the  amiable  qualities  of  private  life, 

But  such  astonishing  Dramatic  talents, 

As  too  well  verified  the  observation  of  his  friend  : 

1  His  death  eclipsed  the  gaiety  of  nations,  3 

And  impoverished  the  public  stock  of  harmless  pleasure.' " 


On  Samuel  Foote,  the  comedian,  who  died  in  1777, 
aged  about  55,  and  was  buried  in  Westminster 
Abbey  : — 

"Here  lies  one  Foote,  whose  death  may  thousands  save, 
For  death  has  now  one  Foote  within  the  grave." 


On  Mr.  Death,  the  actor  : — 

"  Death  levels  all,  both  high  and  low 

Without  regard  to  stations  ; 

Yet  why  complain 

If  we  are  slain  ? 

For  here  lies  one,  at  least,  to  show 

He  kills  his  own  relations." 


Inscription  in  the  cemetery  at  St.  Cloud,  in  France, 
over  the  remains  of  Mrs.  Joedast.  William  IV.,  at  his 
accession,  ordered  Chantrey  to  prepare  a  statue  to  be 
placed  over  her  remains  : — 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Memoriae  Sacrum 

Dorothea    Joedax, 

Qua?  per  multos  annos  Londini, 

Inque    aliis   Britanniae    urbibus, 

Scenam  egregie  omavit. 

Lepore  comico,  vocis  suavitate, 

Puellarum  hilarium  alteriusque  sexus 

Moribus  habihi  imitandis  nulla  secunda  : 

Ad  exercendam  eamque 

Dum  feliciter  versata  est  artem, 

Ut  res  egenorum  ad  versa  s  sublevarit 

Nemo  promptior, 

Evita  exiit  3°  nonas  Julii,  1816, 

Annos  nata  50  ; 

Menientote,  Lugete." 

Mrs.  Jordan  s  Life. 


On  Johx  Palmee,  an  eminent  English  Actor.  Pal- 
mer's last  engagement  was  at  Liverpool.  On  2nd 
August,  1790,  he  appeared  in  the  character  of  "The 
Stranger,"  and  in  the  3rd  Act,  the  hand  of  death 
arrested  his  progress,  and  he  instantly  fell  upon  his 
back,  heaved  a  convulsive  sigh,  and  expired  without 
a  groan.  He  was  48  years  old.  A  stone  was  placed  at 
the  head  of  the  grave  with  the  following  lines  inscribed, 
which  were  the  last  words  he  uttered,  in  the  character  of 
11  the  Stranger': — 

"Oh!  God!  God! 
There  is  another  and  a  better  world  !" 


The  following  is  the  inscription  on  Mrs.  Peitchard's 
monument,  put  up  in  1772,  at  the  east  end  of  West- 
minster Abbey,  next  to  Shakspeare,  and  opposite  to  Han- 
del's monument : — 

"To  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Peitchabd, 

This  Tablet  is  here  placed  by  a  voluntary  subscription 

of  those  who  admired  and  esteemed  her. 


198 


ACTOBS. 


She  retired  from  the  stage  of  which  she  had  long  been  the 

Ornament,  in  the  Month  of  April,  1768  ;  and 

Dyed  at  Bath  in  the  Month  of  August  following,  in  the 

57th  year  oi  her  age. 

Her  comic  vein  had  every  charm  to  please, 
'Twas  Nature's  dictates  breath' d  with  Nature's  ease, 
E'en  when  the  powers  sustain'd  the  tragic  load, 
Pull,  clear,  and  just,  the  harmonious  accents  now'd ; 
And  the  big  passions  of  her  feeling  heart 
Burst  freely  forth,  and  sham'd  the  mimic  art. 
Oft,  on  the  scene,  with  colours  not  her  own, 
She  painted  vice,  and  taught  us  what  to  shun ; 
One  virtuous  track  her  real  life  pursued, 
That  nobler  part  was  uniformly  good. 
Each  duty  there  to  such  perfection  wrought, 
That,  if  the  precepts  fail'd,  the  example  taught." 

W.  Whitehead,  P.L. 


On  Dominique,  harlequin  of  the   Italian  comedy  (  by 
John  Baptiste  Santeuil) : — 

"  Castigat  ridendo  Mores." 


On   William    Powell,    of  Covent   Garden  Theatre, 
inscribed  on  a  monument  in  Bristol  Cathedral : — 

"William  Powell, 

One    of    the  Patentees 

of  the 

Theatre  Royal,  Covent  Garden, 

died  the  3rd  of  July,  1 769, 

Aged  33  years. 

His  Widow  caused  this  Monument 

to  be  erected 

as  well  to  perpetuate 

his  Memory 

as  her  own  irretrievable  loss, 

the  best  of  Husbands,  Fathers,  Friends. 


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Bristol !  to  worth  and  genius  ever  just, 
To  thee  our  Powell's  dear  remains  we  trust, 
Soft  as  the  Stream  thy  sacred  Springs  impart, 
The  milk  of  human  kindness  warm'd  his  heart. 
That  heart  which  every  tender  feeling  knew, 
The  soil  where  pity,  love,   and  friendship  grew. 
Oh  let  a  faithful  friend,  with  grief  sincere, 
Inscribe  his  tomb,  and  drop  the  heart -felt  tear. 
Here  rest  his  praise,  here  sound  his  noblest  fame, 
All  else  a  bubble,  or  an  empty  name." 

G.  Colman. 

"In  the  year  1811,  this  monument  was  repaired  and 
beautified  by  the  direction  of  Ann  ATartindale,  youngest 
daughter  of  the  deceased  William  Powell,  from  the 
great  duty,  respect,  and  veneration  in  which  she  holds 
the  memory  of  her  departed  Father." 


Another  epitaph  on  William  Powell  : — 

Whoe'er  thou  art  that  tread' st  this  awful  dome, 
Oh  !  pass  not  heedless  by  this  sacred  tomb ; 
Wit,  art,  and  grace,  the  pleasure  of  the  age, 
The  pride  and  sorrow  of  the  British  stage, 
(Read  this — and  reading  drop  the  tender  tear) 
All  lie  interr'd  with  gentle  Powell  here." 


On  John  Hippsley,  the  actor,  who  died  at  Bristol, 
1748:— 

"  Here  lies  John  Hippsley,  a  lad  in  truth, 
Who  oft  in  jest,  died  in  his  youth ; 
Preferr'd  from  candle  snuffing  art, 
He  with  applause  play'd  many  a  part : 
The  Collier  first  advanced  him  higher  ; 
Next  Gomez,  plagu'd  with  wife  and  friar; 
Fani'd  in  Plewellin,  Pistol's  Hector; 
Then  was  of  playhouses  projector, 


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ACTORS. 


And  author  too,  and  wrote  a  farce ; 
But  there,  all  say  he  show'd  an  ass. 
If  acting  well  a  soul  will  save, 
He  sure  a  place  in  Heav'n  will  have 
And  yet  to  speak  the  truth,  I  ween, 
As  great  a  scrub  as  e'er  was  seen." 


At  Lee,  in  Kent,  is  buried  Willtam  Parsons,  Esq., 
the  celebrated  actor,  with  the  following  inscription  on 
his  tomb  : — 

"  William  Parsons  died  Feb.  1795,  aged  59. 

Here  Parsons  lies ! — oft  on  life's  busy  stage, 
With  Nature,  reader,  hast  thou  seen  him  vie ; 
He  science  knew — knew  manners,  knew  the  age, 
Eespected  knew  to  live — lamented  die." 


Mrs.  Sheridan,  the  first  wife  of  Richard  Brinsley 
Sheridan,  died  in  1792,  at  Bristol  Hotwells,  of  a  deep 
decline,  and  was  interred  in  Wells  Cathedral,  where 
there  is  a  Latin  inscription  to  her  memory  (written  by 
Dr.  Harrington),  of  which  the  following  is  the  trans- 
lation : — 

"  Sure  every  beauty,  every  grace 

Which  other  females  share, 
Adorn' d  thy  mind,  thy  voice,  thy  face, 

Thou  fairest  of  the  fair  ! 
Amidst  the  general  distress, 
0  let  a  friend  his  grief  express  ! 

Mourn,  mourn  your  loss,  ye  mortals,  mourn — 

Rejoice,  ye  Heavenly  quire  ! 
To  your  embraces  see  return 

A  sister,  with  her  social  lyre ; 
Eliza  now  resumes  her  seat, 
And  makes  your  harmony  complete." 

Mrs.  Jordan's  Life. 


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Richard  B rinsley  Sheridan  died  July,  1816,  aged 
65,  and  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey,  near  Addi- 
son's statue,  with  Garrick's  monument  on  the  right  wall, 
Mrs.  Oldfield's  on  the  left,  and  Goldsmith's  oppo- 
site. Cumberland  is  also  near  him.  He  has  a  plain 
black  stone  placed  over  him  by  the  friendship  of  Mr. 
Peter  Moore. 


Mrs.  Mary  Robinson  was  born  Nov.  27,  1750.  Her 
father  was  very  rich,  but,  when  she  was  9  years  old,  he 
embarked  all  his  property  to  establish  a  whale  fishery 
on  the  coast  of  Labrador,  which  failed.  While  her  father 
was  in  America,  she  married  Mr.  Eobinson,  then  a  stu- 
dent of  the  law  ;  a  short  time  after  their  marriage,  he 
was  imprisoned  for  debt,  where  he  remained  for  fifteen 
months  :  when  he  was  released  they  had  nothing  to 
take  to,  he  being  prevented  practising  as  an  attorney, 
not  having  completed  the  articles  of  his  clerkship.  In 
this  dilemma,  she  turned  her  thoughts  to  the  stage,  which 
she  tried  with  very  much  proficiency,  eliciting  great 
praise  from  Mr.  Garrick,  Mr.  Sheridan,  and  others.  In 
this  capacity  she  remained  for  two  seasons,  and  won 
universal  admiration,  by  the  uncommon  beauty  of  her 
person,  and  the  grace  and  elegance  of  her  actions  and 
manners.  In  this  capacity  she  attracted  the  notice  of 
the  prince  of  Wales  (afterwards  George  IV.),  and  after 
several  letters  they  had  an  interview,  which  led  to  many 
more  interviews.  He  told  her  to  leave  her  situation,  and 
promised  to  give  her  20,000/  the  day  he  came  of  age. 
But  a  short  time  before  he  came  of  age,  she  received  a 
letter  from  him,  informing  her  they  must  meet  no  more. 
She  wrote  to  him  several  times,  but  received  no  answer. 
After  this  he  invited  her  to  his  birth-night  ball,  and  he 
took  much  notice  of  her,  but  that  was  the  last  time. 
Her  debts  were  now  nearly  7,000/ ;  she  at  length  applied 
to  Mr.  Fox,  and  showed  him  the  letter  of  the  prince's 
promise,  and  Mr.  Fox  settled  an  annuity  of  500/.  a  year 
on  her,  as  equivalent  to  the  prince's  promise.  She  now 
turned  her  attention  to  poetry,  and  wrote  several  good 
pieces — "  The  Haunted  Beach,"  "The  Maniac,"  &c.  &o. 
At  last  a  consumption  earned  her  off  on  the  26th  Decem- 
ber, 1800.     She'  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Old 


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ACTORS. 


Windsor,  and  a  simple  monument,  on  which  is  engraven 
the  following,  serves  as  a  memorial  to  her  genius,  her 
beauty,  and  her  misfortunes  : — 

"  Of  Beauty's  Isle,  her  daughters  must  declare 
She  who  sleeps  here  was  fairest  of  the  fair  ; 
But,  ah  !  while  Nature  to  her  favourite  smil'd, 
And  Genius  claim' d  her  share  in  Beauty's  child  : 
E'en  as  they  wove  a  garland  for  her  brow, 
Sorrow  prepared  a  willowy  wreath  of  woe  ; 
Mix'd  lurid  nightshade  with  the  buds  of  May; 
And  twin'd  her  darkest  cypress  with  the  bay : 
In  mildew  tears  steep' d  every  opening  flower, 
Prey'd  on  the  sweets,  and  gave  the  canker  power. 
Yet,  Oh  !  may  Pity's  angel,  from  the  grave 
This  early  victim  of  misfortune  save  : 
And  as  she  springs  to  everlasting  morn, 
May  Glory's  fadeless  crown  her  soul  adorn." 

Abridged  from  Universal  Biography. 


On  Shutek,  the  actor  : — 

"  Alas  !  poor  Ned  ! 
He's  now  in  bed, 

Who  seldom  was  before  ; 
The  revel  rout, 
The  midnight  shout, 

Shall  never  know  him  more. 

Entomb' d  in  clay 

Here  let  him  lay, 
And  silence  every  jest ; 

For  life's  poor  play 

Has  past  away, 
And    here  he  sleeps  in  rest." 


Mrs.  Clive,  or  Kitty  Clive,  the  fascinating  actress, 
after  long  being  an  ornament  to  the  stage,  retired  to 
"  Little  Strawberry  Hill"  an  elegant  cottage  facing  the 
Thames,  on  the  western  extremity  of  the  parish  of 
Twickenham,  where  for  many  j^ears  she   "  drank  the 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


pleasures  of  rural  life."  Her  neighbour,  Horace  \Yal- 
pole,  as  well  as  many  other  persons  of  rank  and  emi- 
nence, was  attracted  by  her  wit  and  drollery.  The 
following  inscription  was  written  by  Dr.  \Yoolcot,  for 
an  urn  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Clite,  which  is  placed  in 
the  garden  : — 

"  Ye  smiles  and  jests,  still  hover  round ; 
This  is  Mirth's  consecrated  ground  : 
Here  liv'd  the  laughter  loving  dame, 
A  matchless  actress,  Clive  her  name. 
The  comic  muse  with  her  retired, 
And   shed   a   tear  when   she   expired." 


Mrs.  Clive  was  buried  at  Twickenham,  where  there 
is  a  tablet  with  the  following  inscription,  (written  by 
Miss  Pope)  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Catherine  Clive, 
"Who   died  December  the   7th,    1785,   aged    75    years. 

"  Clive' s  blameless  life  this  Tablet  shall  proclaim, 
Her  moral  virtues,  and  her  well  earn'd  fame. 
In  Comic  scenes,  the  stage  she  often  trod, 
'  jSov  sought  the  Critic's  praise,  nor  fear'd  his  rod,' 
In  real  life  was  equal  praise  her  due, 
Open  to  pity  and  to  friendship  true ; 
In  wit  still  pleasing,  as  in  converse  free 
From  aught  that  could  afflict  humanity  : 
Her  generous  heart  to  all  her  friends  was  known, 
And  e'en  the  stranger's  sorrows  were  her  own. 
Content  with  fame,  e'en  affluence  she  wav'd 
To  share  with  others  what  by  toil  she  sav'd ; 
And  nobly  bounteous  from  her  slender  store 
She  bade  two  dear  relations  not  be  poor. 
Such  deeds  on  life's  short  scenes  true  glory  shed, 
And  heavenly  plaudits  hail  the  virtuous  dead." 


Louis  XI Y.,  king  of  France,  was  presented  with  an 
epitaph  by  an  indifferent  poet,  on  the  celebrated  actor 
Moliere,  who  died  Feb.  17,  1673.  "  I  would  to  God" 
said  he  "  that  Moliere  had  brought  me  yours." 


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ACTORS. 


Chaeles  Matthews,  the  comedian,  was  interred  in  a 
vault,  situate  in  the  western  vestibule  of  St.  Andrew's 
church,  Plymouth,  where  a  stone  slab  announces  with 
admirable  simplicity  : — 

"  Chaeles  Mattheavs,  Comedian,  born  28th  June,  1776 ; 
died  28th  June,  1835." 

Comcedia  lugit,  scena  est  deserta." 


Alas  !  Pooe  Yoeick  !  " 


On  the  stone  which  covers  the  remains  of  Quin,  in 
the  Abbey  church,  Bath  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of 
Mr.  James  Qljin. 

The  scene  is  chang'd — I  am  no  more, 
Death's  the  last  act — now  all  is  o'er." 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  Quin,  in  Bath  Abbey 
church  : — 

"  That  tongue  which  set  the  table  in  a  roar, 

And  charm' d  the  public  ear,  is  heard  no  more  ; 

Clos'd  are  those  eyes,  the  harbingers  of  wit, 

"Which  spake,  before  the  tongue,  what  Shakespear  writ ; 

Cold  is  that  hand  which,  living,  was  stretch' d  forth, 

At  friendship's  call,  to  succour  modest  worth. 

Here  lies  James  Qljtn  ! — Deign,  reader,   to  be  taught, 

Whate'er  thy  strength  of  body,  force  of  thought, 

In  Nature's  happiest  mould  however  cast, 

'  To  this  complexion  thou  must  come  at  last.'  " 

D.  Garrick. 

Ob.  MDCCLXVI.  ^tatis,  LXXIII. 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


On  Mr.  Ha.va.bd,  Comedian  (by  David  Garrick)  :- 

"An  honest  man's  the  noblest  work  of  God  !  " 
Havard  from  sorrow  rests  beneath  this  stone  : 
An  honest  man, — belov'd  as  soon  as  known  ; 
Howe'er  defective  in  the  mimic  art, 
In  real  life  he  justly  play'd  his  part ! 
The  noblest  character  he  acted  well, 
And  heaven  applauded — when  the  curtain  fell." 


In  St.  Paul's,  Covent  Garden,  London : — 

"Here  lies  the  body  of 
Mr.  John  Edwix,  Comedian, 
"Who  departed  this  life  October  31,1 790,  aged  42  years. 

Each  social  meed  which  honours  human  kind, 

The  dust  beneath  this  frail  memorial  bore  ; 
If  pride  of  excellence  uplift  thy  mind, 

Subdue  thy  weakness,  and  be  vain  no  more. 
A  nation's  mirth  was  subject  to  his  art, 

Ere  icy  death  had  smote  this  child  of  glee  ; 
And  care  resnm'd  his  empire  o'er  the  heart, 

"When  heaven  issued  Edwin  should  not  be." 

This  stone  was  erected  by  Mr.  Redhead,  as  a  tribute 
of  friendship  to  the  memory  of  the  deceased. 


On    Joe    Miller,    in   St.    Clement    Danes    burying 
ground  : — 

"Here  lie  the  remains  of 

Honest  Joe  Millee, 

"Who  was  a  tender  husband, 

A  sincere  friend, 

A  facetious  companion, 

And  an  excellent  comedian. 

He  departed  this  life  the  15th  day  of  August,  1738, 

Aged  54  years. 


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ACTORS. 


If  humour,  wit,  and  honesty,  could  save 
The  humourous,  witty,  honest,  from  the  grave, 
The  grave  had  not  so  soon  this  tenant  found, 
Whom  honesty,  wit,  and  humour  crown' d. 

Or  could  esteem  and  love  preserve  our  breath, 
And  guard  us  longer  from  the  stroke  of  death  ; 
1  ne  stroke  of  death  on  him  had  later  fell, 
Whom  all  mankind  esteem' d  and  lov'd  so  well. 


On  John  Beard,  late  of  Covent  Garden  theatre,  who 
died  Feb.  5th,  1791,  aged  75  years  (by  Dr.  Cousins): — 

"  Satire,  be  dumb  !  nor  dream  the  scenic  art 
Must  spoil  the  morals  and  corrupt  the  heart. 
Here  lies  John  Beard  : 

Confess  with  pensive  pause, 
His  modesty  was  great  as  our  applause. 
Whence  had  that  voice  such  magic  to  controul? 
'Twas  but  the  echo  of  a  well- tun' d  soul : 
Through  life,  his  morals  and  his  music  ran 
In  symphony,  and  spoke  the  virtuous  man. 
Go,  gentle  harmonist,  our  hopes  approve, 
To  meet  and  hear  thy  sacred  songs  above ; 
When  taught  by  thee,  the  stage  of  life  well  trod, 
We  rise  to  raptures  round  the  throne  of  God.." 


MUSICAL   PROFESSORS. 


Jean  Baptiste  Lulli,  who  was  made  professor  of 
the  royal  academy  of  music,  by  Louis  XIV.  rose  from 
obscurity.  He  hurt  his  foot  severely  in  beating  time  to 
a  Te  Deum  performed  on  the  recovery  of  his  majesty 
from  a  severe  illness — mortification  ensued ;    as  he  lay 


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on  his  death  bed.  he  composed  a  hymn — "  Sinner,  thon 
inns:  ng  it  with  mnlous  voice. 

He  died  a. d.  1  •".  g  152  years.  His  widow  erected 
a  magnifleont  monument  to  his  memory  in  the  church 
of  Petits  Peres,  where  he  wished  to  be  interred  B  .- 
teuil  composed  his  epitaph  in  six    I  the 

substance  of  which,  trans!  is  ;s  follows  : — 

th !  we  knew  that  thou  wert  blind,   but  in 
-ing  LrxiJ.  thou  hast  taught  us  that  thou  art  deaf 

'  —  C 


On  the  Abbey  wall  at  Bury  St  Edmund's  : — 

•'■  Harriot  Hague,  Profese  i    :  Music,  in  the 

TTniv::  Cambridge,  died  Peb.  6,  1S1 

too  fleeting  seem'd  the  Strain 
Stall  as  " 
Now,  Harriot.  :.  .  :>um  in  vain 

Born  thus  to  charm,  and  to  ex]  ire. 

But  Temj  i  -       t,  1   it  us] 

And  Piety  to  thee  were  given  ; 

-    k  thy  blissful  Se 
And  join  the  immortal  Song  of  H 


On  Clatt'Its  PiiTLirps.  at  "Wolverhampton.  On  a 
stone  in  a  porch  at  the  southern  entrance  of  the  col- 
legiate church,  is  the  following  epitaph  : — 

••  Near  this  place  li-  iua  Pmuu  -:■  abso- 

lute and  ininiitaK 

.   made  him  the  admiration  of  all  who  knew 
him.     He  was  bom  in  1  -de  the  tour  of  Em 

and  after  the  experience  of  both  kinds  of  fortune  died 
in  1733." 


2 


MUSICIANS. 


For  Claudius  Phillips  (by  Dr.  Johnson*)  : — 

Phillips  !  whose  touch  harmonious  could  remove 
The  pangs  of  guilty  power,  and  hapless  love, 
Rest  here,  distress' d  by  poverty  no  more, 
Find  here  that  calm  thou  gav'st  so  oft  before ; 
Sleep  undisturbed  within  this  peaceful  shrine, 
Till  angels  wake  thee  with  a  note  like  thine.' 


William  Lawes,  the  musical  composer,  entered  the 
royalist  army,  held  the  rank  of  captain,  and  was  killed 
by  the  roundheads  at  the  siege  of  Chester  in  1645.  The 
following  punning  epitaph  was  written  for  him  : — 

"  Concord  is  conquer' d  !  In  his  urn  there  lies, 
The  Master  of  great  Music's  mysteries  : 
And  in  it  is  a  riddle,  like  the  cause, 
"Will  Lawes  was  slain  by  men  whose  Wills  were  Laws." 

Beloe's  Anecdotes. 


Geegoeio  Allegei,  a  celebrated  musician,  was  born 
at  Rome,  died  in  1652,  and  was  buried  in  the  chapel  of 
Santo  Filippo  Neri,  in  the  Chiesa  Nova,  at  Rome.  This 
is  now  the  common  place  of  interment  for  the  singers  of 
the  pontifical  chapel,  and  at  the  suggestion  of  Allegri, 
a  Latin  inscription  was  placed  on  the  door  of  the  mau- 
soleum.    It  may  be  thus  translated : — 

"  The  Pontifical  Singers, 

Anxious  that  those 

Whom  harmony  united  in  Life 

Should  not  be  separated  in  Death, 

Wished  this  as  their  burial  place." 


*  "  These  lines  are  among  Mrs.  Williams's  Miscellanies  ;  they  are  never- 
theless recognised  as  Johnson's  in  a  memorandum  of  his  handwriting,  and 
were  probably  written  at  her  request. " — Johnson's  Works. 


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In  Westminster  Abbey,  on  a  Roman  tablet,  is  this 
inscription : — 

"  Here  lyes  Henry  Puecell,  Esq.,  who  left  this  life, 
and  is  gone  to  that  blessed  place  where  only  his  harmony 
can  be  excelled.*  He  died  21st  day  of  November,  1695, 
in  the  37th  year  of  his  age." 


On  that  once  celebrated   British  minstrel  Chaeles 
Incledon,  Esq.,  in  imitation  of  Gray's  epitaph : — 

"Here  rests  from  song,  and  bacchanalian  mirth, 
A  wag  to  music,  glee,  and  song  well  known  ; 
Apollo  frown' d  not  on  his  humble  birth, 
And  rosy  Bacchus  mark'd  him  for  his  own. 

True  to  that  God,  sincere  as  to  his  lass, 

The  god  an  ample  recompense  did  send ; — 

He  gave  the  minstrel  all  he  had — a  glass  ; 

'Twas  all  he  wish'd — 'twas  dearer  than  &  friend. 

But  of  his  failings  here  no  more  disclose, 
He  had  his  virtues,  let  them  step  between 

And  say  '  Poor  Charley !  sleep  in  soft  repose, 

Till  Nature's  God  shall  change  the  gloomy  scene.'  " 


Geoege  Frederick  Handel,  the  celebrated  musical 
composer,  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey.  Over  the 
place  of  his  interment  is  a  monument  executed  by 
Roubilliac,  representing  him  at  full  length  in  an  erect 
posture,  with  a  music  paper  in  his  hand,  inscribed 

"  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth," 

with  the  notes  to  which  those  words  are  so  admirably 
set  in  his  "  Messiah."     The  inscription  beneath  is  : — 

"  George  Frederick  Handel,  Esq. 

Born  February  23,  1684, 

Died  April  14,  1759." 


*  This  epitaph  so  pleased  the  widow  of  a  celebrated  pyrotechnician,  that 
she  adopted  it  for  her  .husband,  and  wrote  accordingly,  that  "  He  was  gone 
to  that  blessed  place  where  only  his  fireworks  could  be  excelled." 


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On  an  assistant  musician,  in  Llanfilantwthyl  church- 
yard, in  Wales  : — 

"Under  this  stone  lies  Meredith  Morgan, 
"Who  blew  the  bellows  of  our  church  organ; 
Tobacco  he  hated,  to  smoke  most  unwilling, 
Yet  never  so  pleased  as  when  pipes  he  was  filling; 
No  reflection  on  him  for  rude  speech  could  be  cast, 
Tho'  he  gave  our  old  Organist  many  a  blast. 

JSTo  puffer  was  he, 

Tho'  a  capital  blower ; 

He  could  fill  double  G, 

And  now  lies  a  note  lower." 


On  Little  Stephen,  a  noted  fiddler  in  Suffolk  :- 

"  Stephen  and  Time 
Are  both  now  even  ; 
Stephen  beat  Time 

Now  Time  beats   Stephen." 


SERVANTS  BY  THEIR  EMPLOYERS. 


The  cloisters  in  St.  George's  college,  Windsor,  are 
entered  from  the  lower  ward  by  an  archway  leading  to 
the  tomb-house.  On  the  left  as  you  enter,  is  a  tablet 
with  the  following  inscription  (from  the  pen  of  George 
III.)  :- 

"King  George  III. 

Caused   to   be   interred 

Near  this  place,  the  body  of 

Mary  Gaskoin, 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Servant  to  the  late  Princess  Amelia : 

and  this  Tablet  to  be  erected 

In  testimony  of 

His   grateful   sense   of 

The  faithful  service 

and  attachment  of 

An  amiable  young  woman 

To  his  beloved  daughter, 

"Whom  she  survived  only  three  months. 

She  died  the*19th  of  February,  1811, 

Aged  31  years." 


In  the  beautiful  cemetery  of  Rose  Bank,  Scotland,  is 
a  handsome  monument  of  Aberdeen  granite,  bearing  the 
following  inscription  in  letters  of  gold  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Miss  Ida  Bananohi,  the 
faithful  and  highly  esteemed  dresser  of  Queen  Victoria, 
who  departed  this  life  Oct.  15,  1854,  in  the  thirty- 
seventh  year  of  her  age,  beloved  and  respected  by  all 
who  knew  her.  This  stone  has  been  placed  by  Queen 
Victoria  as  a  mark  of  her  regard." 


In  Alnwick  churchyard,  Northumberland,  on  Mary 
Atkinson,  whose  parents  perished  in  the  snow  (written 
by  the  Duchess  of  Northumberland) : — 

"  Sacred 

To  the   Memory  of 

Mary  Atkinson, 

Born  August  12th,  1822.     Died  July  6th,  1842. 

Where  she  has  sported  as  a  child 

There  is  she^laid  to  rest ; 
As  the  tired  infant  finds  repose 

Upon  its  Mother's  Breast. 
JNo  Sculptor's  Art  proclaims  her  rank, 

Or  tells  from  whence  she  came  ; 


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SERVANTS. 


Her  honours  were  a  blameless  life, 
Her  wreath  a  spotless  Name. 

Go,  Labourer,  Go  !  and  sow  thy  seed, 
And  till  the  barren  ground ; 

That  when  the  harvest  Lord  shall  come, 
Thou  may'st  like  her  be  found." 


At  Kirkmichael,  in  the  Isle  of  Man,  close  by  the  last 
resting  place  of  the  sainted  Bishop  Wilson,  is  the  head- 
stone of  his  faithful  servant,  bearing  the  following 
inscription  : — 

"  John  Keddyard  died  at  Bishopscourt, 
April  21st,  1738,  aged  47,  whose  master  hath  here  given 
this  testimony  of  his  integrity,  that  in  twenty  years' 
service  he  never  found  cause  to  charge  him  with  eye- 
service,  fraud,  or  injustice." 


In  Twickenham  churchyard  is  an  inscription  on  a 
tombstone  to  the  memory  of  the  old  woman  who  nursed 
Alexander  Pope,  the  poet,  with  the  following  inscription 
engraven  upon  it : — 

"  To  the  Memory 

of 

Mary  Beach, 

Who  died  November  5th,  1725,  aged  78. 

Alexander  Pope,  whom  she  nursed  in  his  Infancy  and 

whom  she  affectionately  attended  for 

Twenty-eight  years, 

In  gratitude  for  such  a  faithful  old  Servant, 

Erected  this  Stone."* 


It  was  to  this  epitaph  that  Lady  Wortley  Montague  alluded  (when  she 
quarrelled  with  Pope)  in  the  following  sarcastic  lines  : — 

"  No  wonder  our  poet's  so  stout,  and  so  strong, 
Since  he  lugg'd,  and  he  tugg'd  at  the  bubby  so  long." 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  St.  Mary's  church,  Warwick,  on  a  tablet  of  white 
marble,  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  If  a  faithful  discharge  of  duty, 

And  the  most  honest,  diligent,  and  attached  conduct 

For  a  long  course  of  years, 

Ever  claimed  the  expression  of  gratitude, 

It  is  due  to  the  memory  of  John  Batley  : 

"Who  departed  this  life  on  the  15th  day  of  September, 

1792,  aged  65  years; 

And  lies  interred  near  this  place. 

As  a  memorial  of  his  regard 

For  an  excellent  servant,  and  a  worthy  man, 

Whose  loss  he  much  laments  ; 

This  stone  was  erected 

By  George,  Earl  of  Warwick, 

1793." 


Dean  Swift  had  a  servant  well-known  to  all  his 
friends  by  the  name  of  Saunders  ;  an  appellation  given 
him  by  the  Dean.  He  was  remarkably  kind  to  him 
during  a  course  of  several  years  spent  in  his  service : 
but  more  particularly  throughout  a  long  illness  under 
which  he  laboured  for  many  months  before  he  died. 
He  had  him  buried  in  the  south  aisle  of  his  cathedral, 
where  he  erected  a  monument  to  him  in  a  small  piece 
of  statuary  marble,  with  this  inscription : — 

"  Here  lieth  the  Body  of 

Alexander  Magee,  Servant  to  Doctor 

Swift,  Dean  of  St.  Patrick's. 

His  grateful  Master  caused  this  Monument  to  be 

erected   in   Memory   of   his   Discretion,    Fidelity, 

and  Diligence  in  that  humble  Station. 

Ob  Mar  24,  1721,  JEtat  29." 

Sheridan's  Life  of  Swift. 


In  Easton  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  In  Memory  of 

John  Owen 

Who  died  March  20th,    1821, 

In  the  63rd  year  of  his  age. 

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SERVANTS. 


He  lived  in  this  Parish 

During  the  term  of  24  years 

An  honest  and  diligent  Servant 

To  the  Earl  of  Rochford. 

His  Master  found  him  faithful  whilst  on  Earth, 
And  placed  this  stone  in  justice  to  his  worth." 


In  Trevethin  churchyard,  Monmouthshire,  is  a  monu- 
ment, bearing  the  following  inscription  (from  the  pen 
of  Sir  Charles  Hanbury  Williams,  on  a  faithful  servant 
of  his  father's)  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of 

Mr.    Thomas    Cooke, 

Agent  of   the   iron-works 

To  John  Hanbury,  Esq. 

of  Pontypool ; 

Who  died,  August  1st, 

1739:  aged  66  years. 

With  most  religious  truth  it  may  be  said, 
Beneath  this  stone  an  honest  man  lies  dead. 
"Vice  he  abhorr'd,  in  virtue's  path  he  trod; 
Just  to  his  Master,  humble  to  his  God  : 
Useful  he  lived,  and  void  of  all  offence  ; 
By  nature  sensible,  well  bred  by  sense. 
His  master's  int'rest  was  his  constant  end  : 
(The  faithful' st  servant  and  the  truest  friend.) 
For  him  his  heart  and  hand  were  always  join'd; 
And  love  with  duty  strictly  was  combin'd. 
Together  through  this  vale  of  life  they  pass'd : 
And  in  this  church  together  sleep  at  last ; 
For  when  the  master's  fatal  hour  was  come, 
The  servant  sigh'd,  and  follow' d  to  the  tomb. 
And  when  at  the  last  day  he  shall  appear, 
Thus  shall  his  Saviour  speak  and  scatter  fear  : 

'  Well  done,  thou  faithful  servant,  good  and  just, 
Receive  thy  well  deserv'd  reward  of  trust ; 
Come  where  no  time  can  happiness  destroy, 
Into  the  fulness  of  thy  Master's  Joy.'  " 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  South  Audley  street  chapel,  Grosvenor- square,  is 
the  following  inscription  on  a  stone  (by  Win.  Gifford, 
Esq.)  :- 

"  Here  lies  the  body 

of  Ann  Daytes, 

for  more  than  twenty  years 

Servant    to    William    Gifford. 

She  died  Feb.  6th,  1815, 

in  the  forty-third  year  of  her  age, 

of  a  tedious  and  painful  malady, 

which  she  bore 

with  exemplary  patience  and  resignation. 

Her  deeply  afflicted  Master 

erected  this  stone  to  her  memory, 

as  a  faithful  testimony 

of  her  uncommon  worth, 

and  of  his  perpetual  gratitude, 

respect  and  affection, 

for  her  long  and  meritoiious  services. 

Though  here  unknown,  dear  Ann,  thy  ashes  rest, 
Still  lives  thy  memory  in  one  grateful  breast, 
That  traced  thy  course  through  many  a  painful  year, 
And  marked  thy  humble  hope,  thy  pious  fear. 
0  !  when  this  frame,  which  yet,  while  life  remained, 
Thy  duteous  love,  with  trembling  hand,  sustained, 
Dissolves  (as  soon  it  must)  may  that  Bless'd  Pow'r 
Who  beam'd  on  thine,  illume  my  parting  hour  ! 
So  shall  I  greet  thee,  where  no  ills  annoy, 
And  what  was  sown  in  grief,  is  reap'd  in  joy ; 
Where  worth,  obscured  below,  bursts  into  day, 
And  those  are  paid,  whom  earth  could  never  pay." 


From  a  tombstone  in  a  churchyard  in  Warwick- 
shire : — 

"Here  lieth  the  body  of  Joseph  Batte,  confidential 
servant  to  George  Birch,  Esq.,  of  Hampstead  Hall. 
His  grateful  friend  and  master  caused  this  inscription  to 
be  written  in  memory  of  his  discretion,  fidelity,  dili- 
gence, and  continence.  He  died  (a  bachelor)  aged  84, 
having  lived  44  years  in  the  same  family." 


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SERVANTS. 


From  a  tombstone  in  Eltham  churchyard  : — 

"Here  lie  the   remains  of  Mr.  James  Tappt,  who 

departed  this  life  on  the  8th  of  September,   1818,   aged 

84,  after  a  faithful  service  of  60  j^ears  in  one  family ; 

by  each  individual  of  which  he  lived  respected,  and 

died  lamented  by  the  sole  survivor."* 


In  Boreham  churchyard,  in  Essex,  is  a  stone  raised 
by  the  Honourable  Elizabeth  Olmius,  to  the  memory  of 
Ann  Gaednee,  who  died  at  New  Hall,  after  a  faithful 
service  of  40  years,  with  the  following  inscription  upon 
it  (by  Charlotte  Smith)  : — 

""WTiate'er  of  praise,  and  of  regret  attend 
The  grateful  servant,  and  the  humble  friend, 
"Where  strict  integrity  and  worth  unite 
To  raise  the  lowly  in  their  Maker's  sight, 
Are  hers ;  whose  faithful  service,  long  approved 
Wept  by  the  mistress  whom  through  life  she  loved, 
Here  ends  her  earthly  task  ;  in  joyful  trust 
To  share  the  eternal  triumph  of  the  just." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Croydon,  Surrey  : — 

"  In  Memory  of  Uestjla  Swinbotjen, 

Who  after  fulfilling  her  duty, 

In  that  station  of  life  which  her  Creator  had  allotted  her ; 

And  by  her  faithful  and  affectionate  conduct, 

In  a  series  of  thirty-five  years, 


*  "Few  monuments,  even  of  the  illustrious,  have  given  me  the  glow 
about  the  heart  that  I  felt  while  copying  this  honest  epitaph  in  the  church- 
yard of  Eltham.  I  sympathized  with  this  '  sole  survivor  '  of  a  family 
mourning  over  the  grave  of  the  faithful  follower  of  his  race,  who  had  been, 
no  doubt,  a  living  memento  of  times  and  friends  that  had  passed  away ;  and 
in  considering  this  record  of  long  and  devoted  service,  I  called  to  mind  the 
touching  speech  of  Old  Adam,  in  As  you  like  it,  when  tottering  after 
the  youthful  son  of  his  ancient  master  : — 

Master,  go  on,  and  I  will  follow  thee 
To  the  last  gasp,  with  love  and  loyalty.  " 

Bracebridge  Hall,  by  Washington  Irving. 

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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Rendering  herself  respected  and  beloved, 

And  her  loss  sincerely  regretted 

By  the  family  she  lived  with  ; 

Departed  this  life  the  5th  of  January  1781  :  aged  55. 

Header ! 

Let  not  her  station  in  life 

Prevent  thy  regarding  her  example  ; 

But  remember, 

According  to  the  number  of  talents  given 

Will  the  increase  be  expected." 


In  St.  Saviour's  church,  Southwark,  among  the  ancient 
monuments,  is  one  to  John  Trehearne,  gentleman 
porter  to  King  James  I.  It  consists  of  a  niche  formed 
of  two  square  columns,  and  a  Corinthian  entablature, 
surmounted  by  a  death's  head,  within  which  are  two 
demi-statues  of  Trehearne  and  his  wife,  bearing  a  black 
marble  tablet  inscribed  with  the  subjoined  tribute, 
perhaps  penned  by  his  royal  master  : — 

"Had  Kings  a  power  to  lend  their  subjects  breath, 
Trehearne,  thou  should' st  not  now  be  cast  down  by  Death; 
Thy  royal  Master  still  would  keep  thee  then, 
But  length  of  days  are  beyond  the  reach  of  men. 
Nor  wealth,  nor  strength,  nor  great  men's  love  can  ease 
The  wound  Death's  arrows  make,  for  thou  hadst  these. 
In  thy  King's  Court  good  place  to  thee  is  given, 
Whence  thou  shalt  go  to  the  King's  Court  in  Heaven." 


The  following  epitaph  was  written  by  Philip  Melanc- 
thon,  the  reformer,  and  friend  of  Luther,  upon  his 
servant,  who  had  lived  in  his  house  nearly  34  years. 
He  died  in  1553  :— 

"Here  at  a  distance  from  his  native  land 
Came  faithful  John,  at  Philip's  first  command; 
Companion  of  his  exile,  doubly  dear, 
Who  in  a  servant  found  a  friend  sincere. — 


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SERVANTS. 


And  more  than  friend,  a  man  of  faith  and  prayer, 
A  constant  soother  of  his  master's  care; — 
Here  to  the  worms  his  lifeless  body's  given, 
But  his  immortal  soul  sees  God  in  heaven." 


In  Camerton  churchyard,  a  village  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  Bath : — 

"  This  stone  is  erected  to  the  memory  of  Thomas 
Dilly,  by  his  (sorrowing)  mistress,  Anne  Jarrett,  of 
Camerton  House  ;  in  whose  family  he  lived  for  the  space 
of  twenty-nine  years,  being  by  them  all  as  much  re- 
spected during  life,  as  he  was  regretted  at  the  period  of 
his  quitting  it,  which  happened  on  the  7th  day  of  June, 
An  Dom.  1830,  in  the  fifty-first  year  of  his  age. 

Hath  not  the  Judge  of  all  men  said 
That  faithful  service  is  repaid 
To  those,  who  use  the  talents  given 
"With  care  on  earth,  by  bliss  in  heaven  ? 
Hope  then  we  may  that  he  who  lies 
Beneath  this  tomb  will  greet  the  skies ; 
Since  he  was  true  unto  his  trust, 
And  in  his  several  callings  just ; 
As  son,  as  father,  husband,  friend, 
And  Christian  where  all  duties  blend  ; 
Eelying  on  this  sacred  word, 
He  waits  the  welcome  of  his  Lord ; 

'Well  done — life's  service  duly  paid, 
Enter  on  joys  which  never  fade  ! '  " 


In  Chelmsford  church  is  a  marble  tablet,  with  the 
following  inscription : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Susan  Cook,  a  faithfully  attached 
servant  for  35  years,  in  the  family  of  Mr.  J.  Golding,  of 
this  Parish,  who  died  March  5th,  1826,  aged  81  years. 
This  Tablet  of  regard  is  inscribed  by  the  members  of 
the  family,  whom  she  nursed  in  their  infancy,  to  record 
their  grateful  sense  of  her  worth,  and  to  testify  that 
however  humble  may  be  the  station  assigned  by  Provi- 
dence, diligence  and  integrity  render  their  possession  in 
life  respected,  and  in  death  lamented" 


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At  Highgate  cemetery  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Saeah  Baexaby, 
who  died  September,  1847,  aged  65.  By  those  over 
whose  earliest  infancy  she  watched,  and  to  whom,  during 
a  period  of  twenty-six  years,  she  remained  the  constant 
and  devoted  friend,  this  Monument  is  erected  in  grate- 
ful remembrance  of  a  beloved  and  faithful  nurse." 


In  Stonleigh  church,  \Yarwickshire  : — 


"  To  the  memorv  of  Hoiphkey  How,   porter  to  the 
Bt.  Honble.  Lord  Leigh,  ob  6  Feb.  AnD  1688  ^Etat  63. 

Here  lies  a  faithful  Friend  unto  the  Poore, 

\Tho  dealt  large  Almes  out  of  His  Lordship's  Store, 

\Yeep  not  poor  People  tho'  ye  Servant's  dead, 

The  Lord  himselfe  will  Give  you  dayly  bread. 

If  Market's  Bise,  Baile  Not  A  Gainst  theire  Bates 

The  Price  is  still  ye  same  at  Stonleigh  Gates." 


In  the  churchyard  of  King's  Swinford,  Staffordshire, 
is  a  plain  stone  (erected  by  Joseph  Scott,  Esq.)  in 
memory  of  Elizabeth  Haebisox,  who  had  been  a  faithful 
servant  for  30  years,  bearing  the  following  inscription : — 

"  "While  flattering  praises  from  oblivion  save, 
The  rich,  and  splendour  decorates  the  grave, 
Let  this  plain  stone,  0  Haebisox,  proclaim 
Thy  humble  fortune  and  thy  honest  fame. 
In  work  unwearied,  labour  knew  no  end — 
In  all  things  faithful,  everywhere  a  friend ; 
Herself  forgot,  she  toil'd  with  generous  zeal ; 
And  knew  no  interest  but  her  master's  weal. 
Midst  the  rude  storms  that  shook  his  ev'ning  day 
Xo  wealth  could  bribe  her,  and  no  power  dismay ; 
Her  patrons'  love  she  dwelt  on  e'en  in  death, 
And  dying,  blest  them  with  her  latest  breath. 


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SERVANTS. 


She  departed  this  life  June  1.9,  1797.     Aged  50  years. 

Farewell,  thou  best  of  servants — may  the  tear 
That  sorrow  trickled  o'er  thy  parting  bier, 
Prove  to  thy  happy  shade  our  fond  regard, 
And  all  thy  virtues  find  their  full  reward." 


On  a  tablet  in  Westminster  Abbey  : — 

"With  diligence  and  trust  most  exemplary, 
Did  William  Laweence  serve  a  Prebendary  j 
And  for  his  Paines  now  past,  before  not  lost, 
Gain'd  this  Remembrance  at  his  Master's  cost. 

0  read  these  Lines  againe  :  you  seldome  find 
A  Servant  faithfull,  and  a  Master  kind. 

Short-Hand  he  wrote  :  his  Floure  in  prime  did  fade, 
And  hasty  Death  Short  Hand  of  him  hath  made. 
Well  couth  he  Nu'bers,  and  well  mesur'd  Land  ; 
Thus  doth  he  now  that  Ground  where  on  you  stand 
Wherein  he  lyes  so  Geometricall : 
Art  maketh  some,  but  thus  will  Nature  all. 

Obijt  Decern  28,  1621.     ^Itatis  suae  29. 


GOOD    WIVES 


On  a  tombstone  in  Kingsbury  churchyard 

"Ah  !  here  doth  lie  bereav'd  of  life 
Anchoeet  Hoeset,  a  frugal  wife. 
Religious,  her  name  doth  signify 
And  so  was  she  in  all  sincerity. 
1719  the  9th  September 

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BEcat  =  :v.I  ante  G  xl  she  did  meekly  surrender. 
At  74       -        Los'din  th        rth, 

And  g  sorrow  oaus'd  by  her  Death. 

I  made — on  dust  I  fed 
Dust  was  nv  teat —  ad  dust  is  mv  bed 


In  GIouc :  3tei  C    thedral : — 

•  Stay  traveller,  and  learn  from  me  now  rain  are  the 
hopes,  how  fluctuating  the  joys  of  mankind.  Here  lies, 
. '.  as  !    my  Cathzetst  lies,  1  ad  the  best  of 

wives  :  so  m  1  st,  g  imaste,  £  pious,  that  nothing 
could  surpass  it.  If  youth,  beauty,  if  the  endowments 
of  body  or  mind,  be  fit  subj       -      I  lamentation,   grief 

unbounded      William  Pkmbbuge  p] 
this  marble  in  memory  of  a  most  beloved  wife,   who 
died  June  loth  1690.  aged  26  yeai 


Also,  in  the  s:  hedral : — 

••  To  the  virtu  :  A>~>~e.  the  most  entirely 

loving,  and  beloved  wife  of  John  Hxexoh,  Clerk.  Vsher 
of  th  "_:ool,    who  died  Februarv  26,    169 J, 

aged  30. 

Meek  was  her  temper,  m:  I  ::  life, 

A  chaste  and  humble  virgin,  loyal  wife. 

Her  mann  3tb  gi  gaant  was  her  wit, 

Her  nature  amiable,  her  behaviour  s~ 

Her  soul  adorned  with  dovelike  innocence. 

T :  gain  a  heavenly  mansion  hasted  hence, 

And  bid  surviving  walkers  o'er  her  grave, 

L :  •-.  the  w :  rid  let  ive  their  souls  to  save." 


In  Hove   churchyard,   near  ]  -ex,  is  the 

following  inscription  on  a  marble  slab  : — 

••  Sacred  :    the  beloved  Memory  of 

Margaret 

TTife  of  Charles  B-LDHjor,  M.D.  F.R.S. 


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In  her,  not  any  virtue  was  wanting  which  conduces 
to  the  perfection  of  the  female  character,  nor  any  grace 
that  can  recommend,  adorn,  and  endear  it ;  the  bounty 
of  nature  had  added  to  the  most  impressive  beauty,  all 
that  is  excellent  in  mind,  and  all  that  is  engaging  in 
manners. 

Undismayed  by  the  rapid  approach  of  a  disease  full 
of  suffering,  she  calmly  witnessed  from  her  chamber  in 
the  adjacent  cottage  the  signs  of  an  advancing  summer, 
of  which,  even  her  own  delightful  buoyancy  of  temper 
forbad  her  to  expect  the  end  :  the  green  corn  changed 
under  her  eye  ;  she  witnessed  the  decay  of  the  last  rose 
at  her  window  ;  yet  did  no  momentary  expression  of 
impatience  disturb  that  serene  disposition,  for  which, 
though  life  had  many  sources  of  endearment,  death  could 
be  no  object  of  alarm.  With  the  courage  which  piety 
and  innnocence  inspire,  she  awaited  the  will  of  God ; 
and  on  the  first  clay  of  harvest,  at  the  hour  when  the 
doubtful  light  of  morning  summoned  the  reapers  to  the 
field,  her  sufferings  were  gently  terminated,  and  her 
meek  spirit  had  arrived  at  the  assured  mansions  of  eter- 
nal rest ;  leaving  to  her  afflicted  husband  the  most 
hopeless  of  human  griefs,  together  with  six  children  of 
her  love  to  witness,  rather  than  share  it." 


An  inscription  for  a  monument  to  be  erected  by  a 
Gentleman  to  the  Memory  of  his  Lady  (by  James  Beat- 
tie,  L.L.D.):  — 

"Farewell,  my  best  beloved  ;  whose  heavenly  mind 
Genius  with  virtue,  strength  with  soitness  join'd  ; 
Devotion,  undebased  by  pride  or  art, 
With  meek  simplicity,  and  joy  of  heart. 

Though  sprightly,  gentle  ;    though  polite,  sincere  ; 
And  only  of  thyself  a  judge  severe  ; 
Unblamed,  unequalled  in  each  sphere  of  life, 
The  tenderest  Daughter,  Sister,  Parent,  Wife, 
In  thee,  their  Patroness,  th'  afflicted  lost ; 
Thy  friends,  their  pattern,  ornament  and  boast ; 
And  I — but  ah,  can  words  my  loss  declare, 
Or  paint  th'  extremes  of  transport  and  despair  ! 
0  Thou,  beyond  what  verse  or  speech  can  tell, 
My  guide,  my  friend,  my  best  beloved,  farewell !" 


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On  a  beloved  wife  : — 

"  A  tender  plant,  borne  from  the  fostering  gales 
That  breathe  on  Avon's  margin,  droop' d  and  died. 
Yet  time  shall  be,  sweet  plant,  a  gale  divine 
Shall  thee  restore.     And  thon  in  health  and  youth 
By  the  pure  streams  of  peace  shall  ever  live, 
And  nourish  in  the  Paradise  of  God." 


At  Eltham,  in  Kent : — 

"  My  wife  lies  here  beneath, 
Alas  !  from  me  she's  flown, 
She  was  so  good  that  Death 
Would  have  her  for  his  own." 


At  Great  Yarmouth  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Maky,  wife  of  Thomas  Bammant, 
who  died  September  6th,  1821,  aged  seventy  six  years. 

Here  lies  an  honest  woman  ;    to  say  more  is  unneces- 
sary— less  would  be  ungrateful." 


On  a  good  wife  (written  by  her  husband) : — 

"  Here  lies  my  poor  wife,  much  lamented, 
She's  happy  and  I'm  contented." 


At  Lewesham,  in  Kent,  on  the  south  wall  of  the 
church,  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Major  General  Hamilton,  who 
was  married  near  forty-seven  years,  and  never  did  one 
thing  to  displease  her  husband." 


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GOOD    WIVES. 


In  St.  Peter's  church,  near  Margate,  in  Kent : — 

"  Sacred 

To  the  Memory 

of 

Annabella   Btjnbttry, 

daughter  of 

Sir  William  Bunbury,  Bart. 

and  wife  of 

George  Boscawen,  Esq. 

born  February  the  14th,  1746, 

obit  September  4th,  1818. 

There  was  a  time  when  Beauty's  brightest  bloom 

Adorned  the  slumberer  in  yon  darksome  tomb — 

"When  numbers,  emulous  her  fame  to  share, 

In  secret  sighed,  and  wished  themselves  as  fair : 

And  numbers  more,  when  wakened  to  survey 

The  dawn  of  retribution's  certain  day — 

When  all  her  works  of  mercy,  done  below, 

And  deeds  beneficent,  the  world  shall  know, 

When  worth  like  hers  is  fully  understood, 

May  wish  too  late  they  had  but  been  as  good." 


In  Westminster  Abbey  : — 

"  Grace  Scott  died  in  1644. 

He  that  will  give  my  Grace  but  what  is  Hers, 
Must  say  her  Death  has  not 
Made  only  her  dear  Scott, 

But  Virtue,  Worth,  and  Sweetness  Widowers.' 


On  Lady  Whitmore  (by  John  Dryden) : — 

"Pair,  kind,  and  true,  a  treasure  each,  alone, 
A  wife,  a  mistress,  and  a  friend,  in  one, 
Rest  in  this  tomb,  raised  at  thy  husband's  cost, 
Here  sadly  summing  what  he  had  and  lost. 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Come,  Virgins  !  ere  in  equal  bands  ye  join, 
Come  first  and  offer  at  her  sacred  shrine  ; 
Pray  bnt  for  half  the  virtues  of  this  wife, 
Compound  for  all  the  rest  with  longer  life, 
And  wish  your  vows,  like  hers,  may  be  return' d, 
So  loved  when  living,  and  when  dead  so  mourn' d.'! 


In  St.  Peter's  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 

"  Elizabeth  Worby,  died  Dec,  1854,  aged  53. 

If  e'er  perfection  was  in  woman  found, 

In  her  who  sleeps  beneath,  it  did  abound. 

In  every  duty  strict  she  pass'd  through  life, 

As  friend,  companion,  and  beloved  wife. 

To  all  endearing,  and  by  all  ador'd, 

As  she  respected  liv'd,    she  died  deplor'd." 


Prom  the  AVesleyan  chapel,  'Wakefield  : — 

"  Her  manners  mild,  her  temper  such  : 
Her  language  good,  and  not  too  much.' 


In  St.  Margaret's  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 

iC  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Jaxe,  the  second  wife  of 

Samuel  Pobemak, 

who  died 

October  21,  1839, 

aged  46. 

Here  lies  interred  beneath  this  dreary  grave 
A  worthy  woman,  but  she  was  no  slave ; 
As  good  a  wife  as  ever  need  to  be, 
Conducting  things  with  much  propriety. 
Step-mother  too  'tis  known  she  was  quite  well, 
And  in  that  place  but  few  did  her  excel. 
She  did  whate'er  she  could  for  her  poor  Mends, 
And  never  thought  the  least  for  an  amends." 


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GOOD  WIVES. 


In  Otley  church,   on  Helen,  wife  of  Thomas,  Lord 
Fairfax  : — 

"  Here  Leah's  fruitfulness,  here  Rachel's  beauty, 
Here  lyeth  Rebecca's  faith,  here  Sarah's  duty." 


In  Brandeston  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Eleanor,   the  wife  of  Elisha  Boon,  died  Nov.  8th, 
1848,  aged  59. 

Virtuous — courteous — meek  and  lowly, 
Wise  and  prudent — just  and  holy, 
Tree  from  malice — free  from  pride, 
A  sudden  change,  and  thus  she  died." 


In  a  village  in  Suffolk  is  to  be  found  a  curious  epitaph 
to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Greenwood,  the  wife  of  a  Doctor 
of  Divinity,  and  purports  to  have  been  written  by  her 
devoted  spouse  : — 

"Here  lies  the  fairest  Greenwood  in  our  town, 
By  Death — by  very  cruel  Death  cut  down  : 
Her  virtue,  and  her  moderation,  were  such, 
That  she  ought  to  have  been  married  to  a  Judge. 
But  she  put  up  with  me 
A  poor  Doctor  of  Divinity." 


On  a  good  wife  : — 

;  The  Dame  that  takes  her  rest  within  this  tomb, 
Had  Rachel's  face,  and  Leah's  fruitful  womb, 
Abigail's  wisdom,  Lydia's  faithful  heart, 
Martha's  just  care,  and  Mary's  better  part." 


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In  Eressingfield  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Jane  Cock  died  1835,  aged  52. 
Dear  Jane  !  how  few  thy  excellence  transcend 
In  three  most  honour' d  names,  Wife,  Mother,  Friend, 
jtfow  may'st  thou  glory  in  thy  Saviour's  sight, 
Whose  word  was  here  thy  Guide  and  thy  Delight." 


Lady  Lyttleton  died  in  1746,  aged  28,  and  her 
remains  were  interred  at  Over  Arley,  in  Worcestershire  : 
a  monument  was  erected  to  her  memory  in  the  church 
at  Hagley,  which  bears  the  following  inscription  (  writ- 
ten by  her  husband,  Lord  George  Lyttleton) : — 

"Made  to  engage  all  hearts,  and  charm  all  eyes ; 
Though  meek,  magnanimous  ;  though  witty,  wise ; 
Polite,  as  all  her  life  in  courts  had  been, 
Yet  good,  as  she  the  world  had  never  seen ; 
The  noble  fire  of  an  exalted  mind 
With  gentlest  female  tenderness  combined. 
Her  speech  was  the  melodious  voice  of  Love ; 
Her  song  the  warbling  of  the  vernal  grove, 
Her  eloquence  was  sweeter  than  her  song, 
Soft  as  her  heart,  and  as  her  reason  strong ; 
Her  form  each  beauty  of  her  mind  expres'd; 
Her  mind  was  virtue  by  the  Graces  dress' d. 

( The  following  inscription  is  cut  on  the  side  of  the 
monument )  : — 

This  unadorned  stone  was  placed  here 
By  the  particular  desire  and  express 
Directions  of  the  Right  Honourable 
George,  Lord  Lyttleton, 
Who  died  August  22,   1773,  aged  64." 


In  St.  Helen's  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 

"Elizabeth  Hekeiott  died  October  25,  1813, 
aged  32  years. 

Adieu !  my  Eliza,  the  last  struggle's  o'er, 
And  thy  pure  soul  hath  wing'd  its  rapturous  flight 

On  Seraph's  pinions  to  that  blissful  shore 
Where  reigns  pure  pleasures  permanent  delight." 


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GOOD  WIVES. 


In  Worlingworth  church  is  a  flat  stone,  partly- 
covered  by  a  pew,  the  date  is  1622,  and  bears  the  fol- 
lowing inscription  : — 

"  Her  rest  gives  me  a  restless  life, 
Because  she  was  a  virtuous  wife, 
But  yet  I  rest  in  hope  to  see, 

That  daye  of  Christ,  and  then  see  thee." 


In  Bedingfield  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"Maby  Williams,  died  April,  1820,  aged  78. 

Adieu  !  blest  woman,  partner  of  my  life, 
A  tender  mother,  and  a  faithful  wife. 
From  scandal  free,  most  ready  to  commend, 
Most  loath  to  hurt,  most  proud  to  be  a  friend. 
Her  partner's  comfort,  and  his  life's  relief, 
Once  his  chief  joy,  but  now  his  greatest  grief. 
Her  God  has  call'd  her,  where  she's  sure  to  have, 
Blessings  more  solid,  than  herself  once  gave." 


In    Saxted     churchyard,     Suffolk,     on    Chaelotte 
Meadows,  died  March,  1833,  aged  33  : — 

"  Meek  was  her  temper,  virtuous  was  her  life, 
A  tender  mother,  and  a  loving  wife, 
Alas  !  she's  gone,  dear  object  of  our  love, 
T' increase  the  number  of  the  saints  above. 
Her  sufferings  Lord,  to  thee  alone  were  known, 
Thou  knew  her  grief,  and  claim' d  her  for  thine  own." 


In  St.  Mary-le-Tower  churchyard,  Suffolk  :- — 
"Rebecca  Beansby  died  January,  1811,  aged  46. 

Just  Heaven  rewards  the  virtuous  and  sincere, 
The  faithful  friend,  and  mother,  wife  most  dear, 
Above,  thy  shade,  Rebecca,  now  does  rest, 


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Xo  pains  torment  thy  frame,  no  cares  thy  breast. 
If  conscious  of  this  rather  world  of  strife, 
As  thou  enjoy' st  the  realms  of  happier  life, 
Surviving  relatives  thy  spirit  view 
Who  long  to  bid  like  thee  this  world  adieu, 
Direct  their  steps  in  paths  the  just  have  trod, 
To  join  thy  soul  in  presence  of  thy  God." 


On  a  good  wife  : — 

"  Encomiums  is  but  flattery,   she  was  a  good  wife 
and  pray  God  bless  her  soul." 


In   Tenby   church,    on  Jaxe,    the   wife  of   Thomas 
Griffith,  mariner  : — 

""When  faithful  fiiends  descend  into  the  dust, 
Griefs  but  a  debt,  and  sorrows  are  but  just. 
Such  cause  had  he  to  weep,  who  freely  pays 
This  last  sad  tribute  of  his  love  and  praise  : 
Who  mourns  the  best  of  wives,  and  best  of  friends, 
Where  with  affection,  diligence  was  join'd  ; 
Mourns,  but  not  murmurs ;  sighs,  but  not  despairs  ; 
Feels  as  a  Man,  but  as  a  Christian  bears.  " 


In  Kensington  churchyard  : — 

"  Here  are  deposited  the  remains  of  Mrs.  Ajts  Floyee, 
the  beloved  wife  of   Mr.   Richard  Floyer,   of   Thistle 
Grove,   in  this  parish,   died  on  Thursday  the    8th   of 
May,  1823. 
God  hath  chosen  her  as  a  pattern  for  the  other  Angels" 


Inscription,  placed  by  Curran,  on  the  tomb  of  his 
mother : — 

"Here  lies  the  body  of  Saeah  Cueeax;  she  was 
marked  by  many  years,  many  virtues,  few  failings,  no 
crimes.  This  frail  memorial  was  placed  here  by  a  son 
whom  she  loved." 


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Mrs.  Cowper,  the  mother  of  the  poet,  has  a  monu- 
ment in  the  chancel  of  Berkhampstead  church,  erected 
by  her  husband,  and  the  lines  upon  it  were  written  by 
her  niece,  the  late  Lady  Walsingham : — 

"Here  lies,  in  early  years,  bereft  of  life, 
The  best  of  mothers,  and  the  kindest  wife, 
"Who  neither  knew  nor  practis'd  any  art, 
Secure  in  all  she  wish'd — her  husband's  heart. 
Her  love  to  him  still  prevalent  in  death, 
Pray'd  Heaven  to  bless  him  with  her  latest  breath. 

Still  was  she  studious  never  to  offend, 
And  glad  of  an  occasion  to  commend  : 
With  ease  would  pardon  injuries  receiv'd, 
Nor  e'er  was  cheerful  when  another  griev'd ; 
Despising  state,  with  her  own  lot  content 
Enjoy'd  the  comforts  of  a  life  well  spent ; 
Resign' d  when  Heaven  demanded  back  her  breath, 
Her  mind  heroic  'midst  the  pangs  of  death. 

"Whoe'er  thou  art  that  dost  this  tomb  draw  near, 
0  stay  awhile,  and  shed  a  friendly  tear ; 
These  lines,  though  weak,  are  as  herself  sincere." 


In  St.  Margaret's  church,  Ipswich,  on  a  tablet  which 
bears  the  date  of  1634,  after  a  short  Latin  inscription 
are  these  lines  : — 

"  If  helpful  hands  do  cheerful  minds  express, 
If  good  report  of  goodness  be  the  dress, 
First  wife,  then  widow,  she  was  worthy  known 
To  give  to  both  a  pattern  of  her  own. 

To  us  her  guests  her  house  did  seem  to  say, 
This  world  is  but  your  Inn  upon  the  way, 
"Wherein  a  little  breath  on  use  ye  borrow, 
Lo  !  here  ye  are  to  day — and  gone  to-morrow. 
Your  time  is  short — your  course  soon  overpast, 
The  fleetest  grey-hound  runs  not  half  so  fast." 


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In  Hambleden  parish  church,  Buckinghamshire,  is  a 
handsome  alabaster  monument  to  Sir  Cope  Doyley,  who 
died  1633,  and  his  wife  Martha,  who  died  in  1618,  and 
ten  children :  underneath  that  of  the  lady  is  inscri- 
bed*:— 

" Would' st  thou,  reader!  draw  to  life 
The  perfect  copy  of  a  wife, 
Read  on  ;  and  then  from  shame  redeem 
That  lost  but  honourable  name. 

his  was  once  in  spirit  a  Jael, 
Rebecca  in  grace,  in  heart  an  Abigail : 
In  works  a  Dorcas,  to  the  Church  a  Hannah, 
And  to  her  spouse  Susanna ; 
Prudently  simple,  providently  wary  ; 
To  the  world  a  Martha,  to  heaven  a  Mary. 

(Beneath  the  figure  of  the  knight) 

Aske  not  of  me  who's  buried  here ! 

Goe  ask  the  commons,  ask  the  shire ; 

Goe  ask  the  church,   they'll  tell  you  who, 

As  well  as  blubber' d  eyes  can  do. 

Goe  ask  the  heralds,  ask  the  poor, 

Thine  eares  shall  hear  enough  to  ask  no  more. 

Then,  if  thine  eyes  bedew  this  sacred  urne, 

Each  drop  into  a  pearl  will  turn, 

T' adorn  his  tomb  ;  or  if  thou  canst  not  vent, 

Thou  bring' st  more  marble  to  his  monument." 


In  Bath  Abbey  church  : — 

"In  memory  of  Rebecca  Leyborne, 
Interred  at  the  foot  of  this  pillar. 
Born  June  the  4th,  1698. 
Deceased  February  18,  1756. 
A  wife  more  than  twenty-three   years  to  Robert  Ley- 
borne,  D.D. 
( Rector  of  the  Churches  of  St.  Dunstan,  Stepney, 
and  of  St.  Ann's,  Middlesex,  near  London ; 
and  Principal  of  Alban-Hall,  in  Oxford,) 


*  "  Supposed  to  be  written  by  Francis  Quarles,  as  she  was  an  elder  sister 
of  tbe  Poet."— Athen^um  Mao.,  1856. 


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Who  never  saw  her  once  ruffled  with  anger, 

Or  heard  her  utter  even  a  peevish  word  ; 

"Whether  pain'd,  or  injur' d,  the  same  good  woman, 

In  whose  mouth,  as  in  whose  character, 

Was  no  contradiction  : 

Resign' d,  gentle,  courteous,  affable  ; 

Without  passion,  though  not  without  sense, 

She  took  offence  as  little  as  she  gave  it ; 

She  never  was,  or  made  an  enemy ; 

To   servants  mild ;    to  relations  kind ; 

To  the  poor  a  friend ;  to  the  stranger  hospitable  ; 

Always  caring  how  to  please  her  husband, 

Yet  not  less  attentive  to  the  one  thing  needful. 

How  few  will  be  able  to  equal, 

What  all  should  endeavour  to  imitate  !  " 


In  Bath  Abbey  church  : — 

"  Elizabeth  Honeywood, 
Died  Feb.  9,  1812. 

Mild,  patient,  pious,  charitable,  just, 

Go  rest  in  peace  beside  thy  husband's  dust. 

Whilst  all  to  whom  thy  memory  is  dear, 

Bend  o'er  thine  ashes  with  a  silent  tear. 

A  few  short  years  these  pensive  lines  they  trace, 

Then  follow  to  Earth's  common  resting-place ; 

Blest,  if,  like  thee,  to  the  last  hour  approv'd, 

They  live  as  blameless  as  they  die  belov'd." 

W.  Z.  Bowles. 


In  Bath  Abbey  church : — 

"  To  the  deare  memory  of  the  right  vertuous  and 
worthy  lady,  Jane,  Lady  Waller,  sole  daughter  and 
heir  to  Sir  Richard  Reynell,  wife  to  Sir  Wm.  Waller, 
Knight. 

Sole  issue  of  a  matchless  paire, 

Both  of  their  state  and  vertues  heyre  ; 

In  graces  great,  in  stature  small, 

As  full  of  spirit  as  voyd  of  gall : 

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Cheerfully  brave,  bounteously  close, 
Holy  without  vain-glorious  showes  ; 
Happy,  and  yet  from  envy  free, 

Learn' d  without  pride,  witty,  yet  wise — 
Reader,  this  riddle  read  with  mee, 

Here  the  good  Lady  Waller  lyes." 

Brittorts  Bath  Alley. 


On  the  wife  of  Aaron  Hill,  Esq.,  who  died  1731  : — 

Enough,  cold  stone  ! — Suffice  her  long  lov'd  name  : 
"Words  are  too  weak  to  pay  her  virtue's  claim. — 
Temples,  and  tombs,  and  tongues  shall  waste  away ; 
And  pow'rs  vain  pomp  in  mould' ring  dust  decay ; 
But  e'er  mankind  a  wife  more  perfect  see, 
Eternity,  0  time  !  shall  bury  thee." 


In  Westminster  Abbey,  on  a  plain  slab,  is  the  follow- 
ing inscription  : — 

"  Mrs.  Mary  Hope  died  June  25th,  1767,  aged  25  years. 

Though  low  in  earth  her  beauteous  form  decay' d, 
My  faithful  Wife,  my  lov'd  Maria's  laid, 
In  sad  remembrance  the  afflicted  raise 
~No  pompous  Tomb,  inscribed  with  venal  praise. 
To  Statesmen — Warriors,  and  to  Kings  belong 
The  trophied  Sculpture  and  the  Poet's  Song. 
And  these  the  proud,  expiring,  often  claim, 
Their  wealth  bequeathing  to  record  their  name. 
But  humble  Virtue,  stealing  to  the  Dust 
Heeds  not  our  Lays  or  Monumental  Bust. 
To  name  her  virtues  ill  befit  my  grief, 
What  was  my  bliss  can  give  me  no  relief ; 
A  husband  mourns — the  rest  let  friendship  tell, 
Eame  spread,  her  worth — a  Husband  knew  it  well." 


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In  the  church  of  St.  Giles' s-in -the-Fields  : — 

"Mattz  Wolff  died  11th  May,  1828. 

God's  will  is  done — the  husband  is  alone, 

And  his  young  orphans  mourn  their  Mother  gone. 

Her  virtues — tell  them  not  upon  the  tomb, 

They  lov'd  the  shade  of  her  once  happy  home. 

There,  still  in  memory's  fond  dream,  survives 

The  best  of  Mothers,  and  the  best  of  Wives. 

And  there,  through  sorrow's  desolating  storm, 

A  gentle  voice  is  heard — a  voice  without  a  form, 

'  Oh  weep  not — nor  arraign  high  Heaven's  decree, 

I  cannot — it  is  past — return  to  thee  ; 

And  thou  must  tarry — thou  our  babes  must  rear 

In  love  to  man,  and  in  God's  holy  fear. 

Must  teach  their  little  lips  with  thine  to  pray, 

And  guide  their  steps  along  the  narrow  way, 

So  may  we  meet — renew' d — redeem' d — forgiven, — 

USTo  Wanderer  lost — a  Family  in  Heaven.'  " 


In  Walbach  churchyard  was  formerly  a  monument 
which  bore  this  epitaph  : — 

"  During  three  years  of  marriage 

Maegaeet  Salome,  wife  of  G.  Stotjbee, 

Minister  of  this  Parish, 

Found  at  the  Ban  de  la  Eoche,  in  the  simplicity 

of  a  peaceable  and  useful  life, 

The  delight  of  her  benevolent  heart ;  and  in  her 

first  confinement, 

The  grave  of  her  youth  and  beauty, 

She  died,  August  9,  1764,  aged  20  years. 

Near  this  spot 

Her  husband  has  sown  for  immortality  all  that  was 

mortal ;  uncertain  whether  he  is  more  sensible 

of  the  grief  of  having  lost, 

Or  the  glory  of  having  possessed  her." 


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BAD    WIVES. 


On  a  bad  wife  : — 

"Here  rests  my  spouse,  no  pair  through  life, 
So  equal  liv'd  as  we  did; 
Alike  we  shared  perpetual  strife, 
Nor  knew  I  rest  till  she  did." 


On  ATr.  James's  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  \Yild : — 

"  Entombed  here  lies  my  dearest  dame, 
I  woo'd  her  wild  and  made  her  tame, 
So  here  she  lies  without  bed  or  blanket, 
Dead  as  a  door  nail,   God  be  thanked." 


In  Hadleigh  church,  Suffolk  : — 

"  To  free  me  from  domestic  strife 
Heath  call'd  at  my  house,  but  he  spoke  with  my  wife. 
SrsAx,  wife  of  David  Pattisox,  lies  buried  here. 
Oct.   19,   1706. 
Stop,  reader,  and  if  not  in  a  hurry,  shed  a  tear." 


"Here  lies  my  wife, 
Poor  Molly,   let  her  lie; 
She  finds  repose  at  last, 
And  so  do  7." 


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On  a  scold  (from  the  French) : — 

"  Here  lies  my  wife  ;  and  heaven  knows, 
Not  less  for  mine  than  her  repose." 


Another  (from  the  French) : — 

"Here  lies  my  wife, 

A  fact  that  must  tell, 

For  her  repose 

And  for  mine  as  well." 


Here  lies,  thank  God,  a  woman,  who 
Quarrell'd  and  storm' d  her  whole  life  through  ; 
Tread  gently  o'er  her  mouldering  form, 
Or  else  you'll  rouse  another  storm." 


"Beneath  lies  my  wife, 
Whose  death  is  my  life." 


In  Horsleydown  church,  Cumberland  : — 

"Here  lie  the  bodies 
Of  Thomas  Bond,  and  Mary  his  wife. 

She  was  temperate  chaste,  and  charitable ; 

BUT, 

she  was  proud,  peevish,  and  passionate. 
She  was  an  affectionate  wife,  and  a  tender  mother ; 

BUT, 

her  husband  and  child,  whom  she  loved, 

seldom  saw  her  countenance  without  a  disgusting  frown, 

whilst  she  received  visitors,  whom  she  despised, 

with  an  endearing  smile. 


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Her  behaviour  was  discreet  towards  strangers ; 

BUT, 

imprudent  in  her  family. 
Abroad,  her  conduct  was  influenced  by  good  breeding ; 

BUT, 

at  home,  by  ill  temper. 

She  was  a  professed  enemy  to  flattery, 
And  was  seldom  known  to  praise  or  commend ; 

BUT, 

The  talents  in  which  she  principally 
excelled, 
were  difference  of  opinion,   and  discover- 
ing flaws  and  imperfections. 

She  was  an  admirable  economist, 

and  without  prodigality, 

dispensed  plenty  to  every  person  in  her  family  ; 

BUT, 

would  sacrifice  their  eyes  to  a  farthing  candle. 

She  sometimes  made  her  husband  happy 
with  her  good  qualities ; 

BUT, 

much  more  frequently  miserable  with 
her  many  failings ; 
insomuch,    that   in   thirty    years    cohabita- 
tion, he  often  lamented, 
that,  maugre  all  her  virtues, 
he  had  not,  in  the  whole,  eD joyed  two 
years  of  matrimonial  comfort. 

AT    LENGTH, 

finding  she  had  lost  the  affection  of  her 

husband,  as  well  as  the  regard  of  her  neighbours, 

family  disputes   having  been  divulged  by  servants, 

she  died  of  vexation,  July  20,  1768, 

aged  48  years. 

Her  worn-out  husband  survived  her  four 

months  and  two  days, 

and   departed   this   life,    Nov.    28th,    1768, 

in  the  54th  year  of  his  age. 

William  Bond,  brother  to  the  deceased, 

erected  this  stone, 

as  a  weekly  monitor   to  the    surviving 

wives  of  this  parish, 


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that  they  may  avoid  the  infamy 

of  having  their  memories  handed  down  to 

posterity 

with  a  patch- work  character." 


In  Sonth  Petherwin  churchyard,  in  Cornwall  :— 

"  Beneath  this  stone  lies  Huhpheey  and  Joan, 
Who  together  rest  in  peace, 

Living  indeed 

They  disagreed, 
But  now  all  quarrels  cease." 


Here  lies  Thomas — and  his  Wife 

Who  led  a  pretty  jarring  life, 

But  all  is  ended — do  you  see, 

He  holds  his  tongue — and  so  does  she." 


On  a  scold  : — 

How  apt  are  men  to  lye  !  how  dare  they  say, 
When  life  is  gone,  all  learning  fleets  away  ? 
Since  this  glad  grave  holds  Chloe  fair  and  young, 
Who  where  she  is,  first  learnt  to  hold  her  tongue." 


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LOVING    COUPLES. 


At  Dunstan,  in  Xorfolk  : — 

"  Here  lies  a  noble  pair,  who  were  in  name, 
In  heart  and  mind  and  sentiments  the  same 
The  arithmetic  rule  then  can't  be  trne, 
For  one  and  one  did  never  here  make  two." 


In  Eotherham  chnrchyard  : — 

"  "We  joined  was  in  mutual  love, 
And  so  we  did  remain, 
Till  parted  was  by  God  above, 
In  hopes  to  meet  again." 


In  Ashbourne  church,  Derbyshire,   is  the  following 
inscription  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  Sir  Brook  Boothby,  Bart, 
and  Dame  Phebe  his  wife,  he  died  1789,  and  she  1788. 

"Here,  blameless  pair,  with  mild  affections  blest, 
Belov'd,  respected,  much  lamented,  rest. 
Life's  shelter' d  vale  secure  in  peace  ye  trod, 
Your  practice,  virtue  ;  your  reliance,  God. 
Long  days,  long  loves,  indulgent  Heaven  bestow' d 
And  sweet  content  to  gild  your  calm  abode  : 
Friends,  who  through  life  their  faith  unalter'd  kept ; 
Children,  who  lov'd,  who  honoured,  and  who  wept. 
Heroes,  and  kings,  life's  little  pageant  o'er, 
Might  wish  their  trophied  marbles  were  no  more." 


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In  Worling worth  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

William  Ling  died  Aug.  15th,  1827,   aged  26  years. 
Sarah  Ling  died  May  22nd,  1828,  aged  24  years. 

If  truth  and  innocence  deserve  a  tear, 

Stop,  gentle  passenger,  and  drop  it  here  : 

Here  sweetly  sleeps  a  pair  snatch' d  soon  from  life, 

A  pattern  fair  for  man,  for  maid,  for  wife. 

May  weeping  friends,  that  shall  approach  this  grave 

Those  virtues  imitate — tears  could  not  save." 


In  Wickham  Market  churchyard  : — 

"James  Chuechyaed  died  March  5,  1851,  aged  60. 
Sophia  Chuechyaed,   his  wife,   died  June   27,    1851; 
aged  59. 
In  this  cold  bed,  here  consummated  are, 
The  second  nuptials  of  a  happy  pair, 
"Whom  envious  death  once  parted,  but  in  vain, 
For  now  himself  hath  made  them  one  again 
Here  wedded  in  the  grave  ;  and  'tis  but  just 
That  they  that  were  one  flesh,  should  be  one  dust." 


At  Hackney,  on  a  loving  pair,  named  Loste;  he  died 
Nov.,  1811,  aged  85  years: — 

"  These  were  a  pair  too  scarce  in  modern  life — 
A  husband  fond,  an  ever  faithful  wife  : 
Together  four  and  fifty  years  they  trod 
The  path  of  rectitude  that  leads  to  God ; 
Almost  together  down  they  sank  to  rest, 
And  rise  to  life  immortal  with  the  blest." 


The  following  inscription  is  copied  from  a  churchyard 
in  Essex  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  man  Eichaed 
And  Maey  his  wife  : 
Their  surname  was  Peitchaed, 
They  liv'd  without  strife. 


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And  the  reason  was  plain, 

They  abounded  in  riches  ; 
They  had  no  care  or  pain, 

And  the  wife  wore  the  breeches/' 

Athenceum. 


On   sauntering   Jack   and  idle   Joan    ( by  Matthew 
Prior) : — 

"Interr'd  beneath  this  marble  stone 
Lie  sauntering  Jack  and  idle  Joan. 
While  rolling  threescore  years  and  one 
Did  round  this  globe  their  courses  run  : 
If  human  things  went  ill  or  well, 
If  changing  empires  rose  or  fell, 
The  morning  past,  the  evening  came, 
And  found  this  couple  still  the  same. 
They  walk'd,  and  ate,  good  folks  ;  what  then  ? 
Why,  then  they  walk'd  and  ate  again. 
They  soundly  slept  the  night  away, 
They  did  just  nothing  all  the  day  ; 
And  having  buried  children  four, 
Would  not  take  pains  to  try  for  more. 
Nor  sister  either  had,  nor  brother ; 
They  seem'd  just  tally'd  for  each  other. 

Their  moral  and  economy 
Most  perfectly  they  made  agree ; 
Each  virtue  kept  its  proper  bound, 
Nor  trespass'd  on  the  other's  ground. 
Nor  fame,  nor  censure  they  regarded ; 
They  neither  punish' d  nor  rewarded. 
He  cared  not  what  the  footman  did ; 
Her  maids  she  neither  prais'd  nor  chid; 
So  every  servant  took  his  course, 
And  bad  at  first  they  all  grew  worse. 
Slothful  disorder  fill'd  his  stable, 
And  sluttish  plenty  deck'd  her  table. 
Their  Beer  was  strong ;  their  wine  was  Port ; 
Their  meal  was  large ;  their  grace  was  short. 
They  gave  the  poor  the  remnant  meat, 
Just  when  it  grew  not  fit  to  eat. 

They  paid  the  church  and  parish  rate, 
And  took,  but  read  not  the  receipt ; 


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For  which  they  claim' d  their  Sunday's  due, 
Of  slumbering  in  an  upper  pew. 

No  man's  defects  sought  they  to  know, 
So  never  made  themselves  a  foe  : 
No  man's  good  deeds  did  they  commend, 
So  never  rais'd  themselves  a  friend. 
Nor  cherish' d  they  relations  poor  ; 
That  might  decrease  their  present  store  : 
Nor  barn  nor  house  did  they  repair ; 
That  might  oblige  their  future  heir. 

They  neither  added  nor  confounded  ; 
They  neither  wanted,  nor  abounded. 
Each  Christmas  they  accounts  did  clear, 
And  wound  their  bottom  round  the  year. 
Nor  smile  nor  tear  did  they  employ 
At  news  of  public  grief  or  joy. 
When  bells  were  rung,  and  bonfires  made, 
If  ask'd,  they  ne'er  denied  their  aid  : 
Their  jug  was  to  the  ringers  carried, 
Whoever  either  died  or  married  : 
Their  billet  at  the  fire  was  found, 
Whoever  was  deposed  or  crown' d. 

Nor  good,  nor  bad,  nor  fools,  nor  wise, 
They  would  not  learn,  nor  could  advise  : 
Without  love,  hatred,  joy,  or  fear, 

They  led a  kind  of as  it  were  : 

Nor  wish'd,  nor  cared,  nor  laugh' d  nor  cried 
And  so  they  lived,  and  so  they  died." 


In  Rushden  church,  Northamptonshire,  is  a  finely 
sculptured  marble  monument  to  the  memory  of  Robert 
Pemberton,  Esq.,  and  his  lady  : — 

"  She  died  30th  July  in  the  yeare  of  grace  1608, 
he     —    18th  April 1609. 

What  man  and  wife  were,  or  may  after  be, 
Onnto  the  other,  (even  such  two  were  we  ;) 
Eull  forty  years  we  husband  were  and  wife, 
All  which  faire  time  we  lived  without  a  strife  ; 
And  on  our  deathbeds  it  was  hardly  geste, 
Which  had  to  other  greater  love  exprest : 
I  kind  and  loving  to  her,  to  me  thus 
She  tender-hearted,  myld,  and  vertuous ; 


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"We  had  eight  children  to  augment  our  joyes, — 
For  her  four  daughters,  and  for  me  four  boyes ; 
By  God's  grace  we  soe  evenly  were  payrd, 
As  that  in  sexes  equally  we  shar'd : 
Not  a  year  after  that  to  heaven  she  went, 
But  me  my  Maker  thether  to  her  sent." 


In  Saint  Michael's  churchyard,  Norwich,  on  John- 
Baker  and  Priscilla  his  wife,  and  10  of  their  children 
who  died  in  their  infancy  : — 

"  He  died  February  10th,  1827. 

She  first  deceased,  he  for  a  little  tried 

To  live  without  her liked  it  not — and  died." 


In  the  parish  church  of  Colmworth,  Bedfordshire,  is 
a  very  magnificent  monument,  erected  in  1641,  by  Lady 
Dyer,  in  memory  of  her  deceased  husband,  Sir  ¥m. 
Dyer,  Knight,  upon  which  are  inscribed  the  following 
lines : — 

"  My  dearest  dust,  could  not  thy  hasty  day 
Afford  thy  drowsy  patience  leave  to  stay 
One  hour  longer,  so  that  we  might  either 
Have  sat  up  or  gone  to  bed  together  ? 
But  since  thy  finished  labour  hath  possessed 
Thy  weary  limbs  with  early  rest, 
Enjoy  it  sweetly  and  thy  widow  bride 
Shall  soon  repose  her  by  thy  slumbering  side  ; 
Whose  business  now  is  only  to  prepare 
My  nightly  dress,  and  call  to  prayer. 
Mine  eyes  wax  heavy,  and  the  day  grows  old ; — 
The  dew  fails  thick  ;  my  blood  grows  cold. — 
Draw,  draw  the  closed  curtains,  and  make  room, 
My  dear,  my  dearest  dust,  I  come,  I  come  !" 


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On  Stephen  and  Mary  his  wife  : — 

"  Here  lies  honest  Stephen  with  Mart  his  bride, 
Who  merrily  lived,  and  cheerfully  died  ;  [able, 

They  laughed  and  they  loved,  and  drank  while  they  were 
But  now  they  are  forced  to  knock  under  the  table. 
This  marble  which  formerly  served  them  to  drink  on, 
Kow  covers  their  bodies — a  sad  thing  to  think  on, 
That  do  what  one  can  to  moisten  our  clay, 
'Twill  one  day  be  ashes,  and  moulder  away." 


In  Chatham  churchyard  a  man  had  buried  two  wives ; 
after  stating  the  name  and  age  of  the  first,  he  added : — 

"  The  Lord  gave,    and  the  Lord  hath  taken   away, 
blessed  be  the  name  of*  the  Lord." 

( In  a  few  years  his  second  wife  died :  and  following 
her  name  and  age,  is  ) : — 

"  I   called  upon  the  Lord,    and   he    heard   me,  and 
delivered  me  out  of  all  my  troubles." 


In  Bremhill  churchyard,  Wiltshire,  on  an  old  man 
and  his  wife  (by  the  Rev.  W.  L.  Bowles,  the  poet,  vicar 
of  Bremhill ) : — 

"My  Father — my  poor  Mother — both  are  gone — 
And  o'er  your  cold  remains  I  place  this  stone. 
In  memory  of  your  virtues.     May  it  tell 
How  long  one  parent  lived ;  *  and  loth  how  well. 
And  of  my  Mother  A  memorial  be, 
Of  all  I  owe  in  this  sad  world  to  thee  : 
How  poor,  alas  !  this  tribute  to  thy  love 
Whose  best  and  brightest  Record  is  above." 


The  father  lived  to  be  87. 


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By  a  widow,  on  her  husband  : — 

"  Thou  wast  too  good  to  live  on  earth  with  me, 
And  I  not  good  enough  to  die  with  thee." 


On  Sir  Arthur  Hesilrige,  Bart.,  and  his  2  wives. 
In  the  chancel  of  Noseley  church,  Leicestershire,  is  a 
tombstone  of  black  and  white  marble,  with  the  effigies 
of  three  persons — a  man  in  armour,  and  two  women. 
On  the  pedestal  are  the  figures  of  twelve  persons  kneel- 
ing, the  children  of  Sir  Arthur  Hesilrige,  by  his  two 
wives,  as  described  in  the  following  inscription  : — 

"Here  lyes  Sir  Arthur  Hesilrige,  Baronet,  who 
enjoyed  his  portion  of  this  life  in  ye  time  of  greatest 
civill  troubles  yt  ever  this  nation  had.  He  was  a  lover 
of  liberty,  and  faithful  to  his  country.  He  delighted 
in  sober  company  ;  and  departed  this  life  7th  of  January, 
in  England's  peaceable  year  Anno.  Dom.  1660. 

Here  lyes  Dame  Prances  Hesilrige,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Elmes,  of  Lilford,  in  ye  county  of  Northampton, 
Esq.  She  was  charitable,  prudent,  virtuous,  and  a  loving 
wife.  Sir  Arthur  Hesilrige  had  by  her  2  sons  and  2 
daughters.     She  dyed  in  the  year  1632. — 

Here  lyes  Dame  Dorothea  Hesilrige,  sister  to 
Robert  Greevil,  Lord  Brooke,  and  Baron  of  Beauchamps 
Court.  God  gave  to  her  true  and  great  wisdome,  and 
a  large  and  just  heart :  she  did  much  good  in  her  gene- 
ration. Sir  Arthur  Hesilrige  had  by  her  three  sons  and 
five  daughters.  She  left  this  life  ye  28  of  January, 
1650." — Cooke's  Tocography  of  Leicestershire. 


In  a  churchyard  near  Newmarket,  are  buried  by  the 
side  of  each  other,  the  two  wives  of  Tom  Sexton,  who 
had  placed  on  the  tombstone  of  one  of  them  this  epi- 
taph : — 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Sarah  Sexton, 
She  was  a  good  soul,  and  never  vex'd  one  ; 
But  I  can't  say  as  much  of  her  at  the  next  stone." 


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On  a  loving  couple,  in  the  churchyard  of  Great  Glem- 
ham,  Suffolk : — 

"  Entomb' d  in  earth,  beneath  this  humble  shrine, 
Lies  all  that's  mortal,  nothing  that's  divine. 
Virtue's  pursuits,  were  all  their  gen'rous  ends, 
The  best  of  parents,  and  the  best  of  friends. 
Like  corn  they're  sown  upon  the  dreary  plain, 
Which  lives  to  die,  and  dies  to  live  again." 


At  Loch  Rausa  :- 


Here  lies  Donald  and  his  Wife, 
Janet  Mac-Fee, 
Aged  40  hee 
Aged  30  shee." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Great  Yarmouth  : — 

"Henry  Geoege  died  May  15th,  1849,  aged  24. 
Here, — in  awful  stillness  of  the  tomb, 
Rests  a  loved  husband  who  perish' d  in  his  bloom. 
Belov'd  and  mourn' d,  no  art  could  save  : — 
The  will  of  Heaven  appoints  this  early  grave. 
Ah !  dear  Husband,  could  my  pen  reveal 
Your  worth,  your  virtues,  and  the  loss  I  feel. 
But  words  are  vain,  my  heart  alone  can  bear 
The  lov'd  impression  of  jout  image  there." 


In  the  churchyard  of  St.  Giles's-in- the -Fields,  Lon- 
don, on  the  tomb  of  Mrs.  Susannah  Barly  and  her 
husband  : — 


Hope,  stranger !  hope- 
Still  let  us  hope. " 


-though  the  heart  breaks, 


LOVING  COUPLES. 


In  St.  Mary's  churchyard,  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  on 
Elizabeth  and  Thomas  Neave,  and  five  of  their  chil- 
dren : — 

"  Earth  walks  on  earth,  like  glittering  gold, 
Earth  says  to  earth — we  are  but  mould, 
Earth  builds  on  earth — Castles  and  towers, 
Earth  says  to  earth,  all  shall  be  ours.* 

Their  ends  were  full  of 

Peaceful    tranquility    in 

the  hopes  of  a  joyful 

Resurrection." 


In  East  Grinstead  churchyard,  Sussex  : — 

"  In  Memory  of  Russell  Hall 

And  Mary  his  Wife. 

He  died  March  25,  1816, 

Aged  79  years. 

She  died  August  22,  1809, 

Aged  58  years. 

The  Ritual  stone  thy  children  lay 

O'er  thy  respected  dust, 
Only  proclaims  the  mournful  day 

"When  we  our  parents  lost. 

To  copy  thee  in  life  we'll  strive, 
And  when  we  that  resign, 

May  some  good-natured  friend  survive 
To  lay  our  bones  by  thine." 


In  St.  Nicholas  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 

"¥i.  Pouter  died  October,  1834,  aged  62. 

Wife,  children,  friends,  will  drop  affliction's  tear, 
And  bless  his  memory  that  resteth  here  : 
The  husband,  father,  friend,  sincere  was  he, 
In  deed  and  word,  he  was  what  these  should  be. 


*  There  is  a  similar  one  in  Melrose  Abbey,  on  James  Ramsay,  said  to  be 
the  Architect  who  planned  the  Abbey.    The  date  is  1751. 


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Such  was  his  private  and  his  public  life — 
Was  mild,  but  firm  ;  was  just,  but  free  from  strife. 
He's  gone  to  happier  realms ;  we  bow  content 
Tho'  such  domestic  loss  we  must  lament. 
Death  wing'd  the  shaft,  behold  the  victim  slain, 
He  felt  the  blow  a  blessing ;  we,  a  pain." 


Also,  in  the  above  churchyard  : — 

"  Geoege  Geoom  died  August  29,  1849,  aged  27. 

Prepare  thee,  partner  of  my  joys  and  woes 
To  follow  and  partake  of  my  repose. 
As  thou  hast  shar'd  my  gladness  and  my  gloom/ 
So  must  thou  share  with  me  the  silent  tomb. 

I  yet  shall  rise,  and  wing  my  way  with  thee, 
Through  the  bright  realms  of  immortality  : — 
And  say,  when  I  before  my  God  appear, 
'  The  woman  that  thou  gavest  me  is  here.'  " 


In  Bewdly  churchyard,  "Worcestershire  : — 

"Low  beneath  the  greensward,  oh  ! 
Lies  the  wife  of  Thomas  Eowe  ; 
Her  body's  here,  her  soul's  in  heaven, 
17  hundred  67." 


In  Bakewell  church,  Derbyshire,  at  the  west  end,  on 
a  table  monument,  this  inscription  occurs  : — 

"  An  old  man  and  his  two  wives  occupy  this  tomb, 
where,  undisturbed  by  the  jealous  cares  of  life,  they 
sleep  together  lovingly  (  so  says  the  inscription  which 
covers  nearly  one  side  of  the  tomb). 

Know,  posterity,  that  on  the  8th  of  April,  in  the  year 
of  grace,  1757,  the  rambling  remains  of  the  above  said 


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John  Dale,  were,  in  the  86  th  year  of  his  pilgrimage, 
laid  upon  his  two  wives. — 

This  thing  in  life  might  cause  some  jealousy, 

Here  all  three  sleep  together  lovingly, 

Here  Sarah's  chiding  John  no  longer  hears, 

And  old  John's  rambling,  Sarah  no  more  fears  : 

A  period's  come  to  all  their  toilsome  lives, 

The  good  man's  quiet still  are  both  his  wives." 


In  a  small  churchyard,  near  Folkstone,  in  Kent  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  my  four  wives,  who  all  died 
within  the  space  of  ten  years,  but  more  pertwlcler  to  the 
last  Mrs.  Sally  Horne,  who  has  left  me  and  four  dear 
children  ;  she  was  a  good,  sober,  and  clean  soul,  and  may 
i  soon  go  to  her.  a.d.  1732. 

Dear  wives,  if  you  and  i  shall  all  go  to  heaven, 
The  Lord  be  blest,  for  then  we  shall  be  even. 

William  Joy  Horne,  Carpenter." 


In  Crich  churchyard,   Derbyshire,  on  Mrs.  Wheat- 
croft: — 

"  Behold  where  she  a  saint  doth  lie 
From  all  affliction  freed, 
She  liv'd  an  heavenly  life  below 
An  Israelite  indeed." 


In  America:  the  following  epitaph,  copied  from  a 
tombstone  in  the  village  of  Fulton,  Oswego  county, 
United  States,  is  a  curiosity,  and  shows  the  progress  of 
the  age  in  which  we  live  : — 

"  In  Memory  of  the  Earthly  House  or  Tabernacle  of 
Sarah  A.  which  fell  September  6th,  1847,  which  had 
been  standing  37  years  and  5  months.     Her  Psychology, 


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was  the  wife  of  Henry  C.  Hibbard,  and  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Foster.  John  xi.  v.  26.  And  who- 
soever liveth  and  belie  veth  in  me  shall  never  die. 
Believest  thou  this  ?     Yes,[SARAH  lives." 


In  Matlock  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Sakah,  wife  of  George  Smith, 
who  departed  this  life  Oct.  25,  1831,  in  the  57th  year 
of  her  age. 

Short  was  her  time  in  single  life, 
Six  times  seven  years  she  was  a  wife. 
Death  did  but  little  warning  give, 
Her  faith  was  such,  she  died  to  live." 


In  Old  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  on  William  Lambe  and 
his  three  wives.  The  following  inscription  was  found 
upon  a  monument  fixed  to  a  pillar  in  Old  St.  Paul's, 
and  is  taken  from  a  MS  of  the  17th  century  : — 

"  William  Lambe,  so  sometime  was  my  name, 
"Who  whiles  alive  did  runne  my  mortal  race, 
Serving  a  Prince  of  most  immortal  fame, 
Henry  the  Eighth,  who  of  his  princely  grace, 
In  his  Chapell  allowed  me  a  place. 
By  whose  favoure,  from  Gentleman  to  Esquire, 
I  was  preferred,  with  worship  for  my  hire. 
"With  wives  three  I  did  joyne  in  Wedlock's  band, 
Which  all,  alive,  true  Lovers  were  to  me, 
Jo  ax,  Alice,  and  Jo  ax  ;  for  so  they  came  to  hand, 
What  needeth  prayse  regarding  their  degree  ; 
In  wively  truth  none  stedfast  more  could  be, 
Who,  though  in  Earth,  death's  force  did  once  dissever, 
Heaven  yet,  I  trust,  shall  join  us  all  together. 
0  Lambe  of  God,  which  smne  did  take  away, 
And  as  a  Lambe,  was  offered  up  for  sinne, 
Where  I,  (poore  Lambe)  went  from  thy  flock  astray, 
Yet  thou,  good  Lord,  vouchsafe  thy  Lambe  to  winne 
Home  to  thy  folde,  and  hold  thy  Lambe  therein ; 


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That,  at  the  day,  when  Lambes  and  Goats  shall  sever, 
Of  thy  choice  Lambes,  Lambe  may  be  one  for  ever. 

(At  the  foot  of  the  monument  was  the  following  couplet)  : 

I  pray  you  all  that  receive  bread  and  pence, 
To  say  the  Lord's  prayer  before  you  goe  hence." 


Tim  Bobbin's  grave.  It  is  not  generally  known  that 
the  following  is  inscribed  on  the  stone  covering  Tim 
Bobbin's  grave  in  the  parish  churchyard  at  Rochdale,  in 
Lancashire  : — 

"  Here  lies  John  and  with  him  Mary, 
Cheek  by  jowl  and  never  vary  ; 
No  wonder  they  so  well  agree, 
Tim  wants  no  punch,  and  Moll  no  tea." 

Notes  and  Queries,  March  10,  1855. 


At  Newington,  in  Surrey  : — 

"Ann  Eoscoe  died  31st  August,  1802,  aged  40. 
She  mourn' d  the  absence  of  her  husband  dear, 
She  sigh'd,  and  pin'd,  and  shed  the  silent  tear, 
That  nought  could  save  her  health's  decay, 
"While  her  fond  partner  was  so  far  away ; 
Tho'  fame  ofttimes  proclaim' d  the  warrior's  name, 
Yet  his  long  absence  still  increas'd  her  pain  ; 
And  the  wish'd  day  he  hail'd  his  native  shore, 
"Was  the  sad  day  his  consort  was  no  more." 


In  "Westbury  churchyard  : — 

"I'll  visit  oft  this  dark  abode 
And  drop  a  tear  upon  the  sod 
Where  now  her  wearied  limbs  are  blest 
"With  sweet  repose  and  sacred  rest. 

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Yes  !  to  my  heart  this  dust  is  dear, 

To  know  my  mother  moulders  here. 

Doom'd  to  drink  deep  the  stream  -which  flows 

To  all,  and  shunn'd  by  none  in  vain, 

God  pitied  all  thy  future  woes 


And  took  thee  back  again." 


At  Newington,  in  Surrey  : — 
"  Susannah  Eobixson,  died  Aug.  27,  1799,  aged  53. 

Weep  not  for  me,  my  husband  dear, 

For  I  am  gone  to  rest ; 
The  Lord  thought  fit  me  to  afflict 

With  a  cancer  in  my  breast. 

I  many  months  did  torture  bear 

With  fortitude  and  pain ; 
My  Doctor  tried  his  best  of  skill  : 

And  though  it  proved  in  vain, 

Farewell,   my  dear  !  pray  dont  you  fear, 

The  Lord  he  will  you  bless  : 
I  hope  to  meet  you  once  again, 

In  happiness  and  bliss." 


At  Cheltenham,  on  a  woman  and  her  three  daughters  : — 

"  Here  lie  I  and  my  three  daughters, 
All  from  drinking  the  Cheltenham  waters. 
"While  if  we  had  kept  to  the  Epsom  salts, 
We  should  not  now  be  in  these  here  vaults." 


Inscription  on  Mrs.  Fitzgerald's  tablet,  in  B 

church  : — 

"  By  the  free  mercy  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus,  she  was 
called  out  of  nature's  darkness  into  the  true  knowledge 
of  the  Saviour,  •  as  her  Atonement,  Sanctiner,  and  Ex- 
ample.  (Col  1.  13;   1  Cor  1.  13.) 


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Prom  the  year  1828,  when  her  conversion  began, 
(John  3.  3)  to  the  time  of  her  departure,  her  path  shone 
more  and  more  brightly  (Prov  4.  10)  as  Jesus  the  Sun 
of  Eighteousness  arose  in  his  glory  upon  her  soul.  (Mai 
4.  2.)  It  was,  however,  during  a  wasting  consumption 
of  two  years  and  three  months  duration,  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  was  seen  perfecting  the  work  which  he  had  begun 
(Phil  1.  6),  Irving  in  frequent  communion  with  her  hea- 
venly Father,  through  his  Son  (1  John  1.3)  and  search- 
ing his  Scriptures  with  daily  earnestness,  (John  5.  39) 
her  deportment  became  serene,  exalted,  heavenly.  (Phil 
2.  20.)  The  character  of  her  piety  was  deep  and  modest; 
it  was  less  in  word  than  in  deed.  (1  John  3.  18.)  She 
esteemed  herself  lowest  in  the  kingdom  of  Christ. 
(Ephes  3.  8.)  She  said  '  I  go  into  heaven  as  a  penitent 
sinner,  with  the  dying  thief.' — Meek  devotion  sat  even 
in  her  countenance ;  pervaded  her  whole  conduct,  and 
stole  on  her  heart  by  its  gentle  influence.  (1  Peter  3.  24) 
She  was  truly  a  lamb  in  the  Eedeemer's  flock :  *  Gathered 
in  his  arm,  carried  in  his  bosom.'  (Is  40.  11.)  During 
the  last  winter  of  her  earthly  pilgrimage,  we  beheld  her 
gradually  adorned  with  Christ's  image,  and  prepared  for 
his  more  immediate  presence ;  '  clothed  with  fine  linen, 
clean  and  white  ;  which  is  the  righteousness  of  saints.' 
(Eev  19.  7). 

The  things  of  this  world  sank  into  insignificance, 
while  she  gazed  on  her  God,  crucified  for  sinners,  and 
panted  to  depart  and  be  with  Christ.  (Phil  1.  23)  It 
pleased  God  to  give  her  such  foretastes  of  coming  blessed- 
ness as  few  enjoy.  A  week  before  her  departure, 
heaven  seemed  open  to  her ;  like  Stephen,  she  '  saw  the 
glory  of  God,  and  Jesus  standing  on  the  right  hand  of 
God.'  ( Acts  7.  55.)  Triumphing  gloriously  in  her 
beloved  Saviour,  she  said,  '  Surely  this  cannot  be  death  ! 
Jesus  is  with  me  in  the  dark  valley ;  he  has  blotted  out 
all  my  sins  as  a  thick  cloud.  Come,  Lord  Jesus  ;  come 
quickly.'  (  1  Cor  15.  35.  Ps  23.  4 ;  Is  43.  25;  Eev 
22.  20.)  Her  last  words  were  these  'I  shall  now  fall 
asleep  in  Jesus ;  and  under  me  are  the  everlasting  arms, 
and  over  me  his  banner  is  love.'  ( 1  Thes  4.  15  :  Deut 
33.  27;) 

Eeader !  would  you  die  her  death,  you  must  live  her 
life.     To  her  to  live  was  Christ.  (Phil  1.  21.)" 


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Inscription  on  a  monument  in  ono  of  the  old  parish 
churches,  Sculcoates,  near  Hull :  — 

"In  a  vault 

Behind  this  stone,  lies  the  body  of  Mrs.  Jane  Delamotte, 

who  departed  this  life,  January  the  tenth,  1761. 

She  was  a  poor  sinner,  but  not  wicked ; 

ungodly,  but  not  unrighteous  ; 

without  holiness  proceeding  from  good  works  ; 

and  departed  in  the  faith  of  the  Catholic  Church, 

in  full  assurance  of  eternal  happiness, 

by  the  agony  and  bloody  sweat, 

by  the  cross  and  passion,  by  the  precious  death  and  burial, 

by  the  glorious  resurrection  and  ascension,  of  our 

Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ.     Amen." 


In  Westminster  Abbey  is  a  monument  to  lady  Cathe- 
rine Walpole,  who  died  in  1 736.  It  bears  this  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Catherine,  Lady  Walpole, 
eldest  daughter  of  John  Shorter,  Esq.  of  Rybrook,  in 
Kent,  and  first  wife  of  Sir  Robert  Walpole,  afterwards 
Earl  of  Orford. 

Horace,  her  youngest  son,  consecrates  this  monument. 
She  had  beauty  and  wit,  without  vice  or  vanity,  and 
cultivated  the  arts  without  affectation.  She  was  devout, 
without  bigotry  to  any  sect ;  and  was  without  prejudice 
to  any  party,  though  the  wife  of  a  Minister,  whose 
power  she  esteemed  but  when  she  could  employ  it  to 
benefit  the  miserable,  or  to  reward  the  meritorious.  She 
loved  a  private  life,  though  born  to  shine  in  public ; 
and  was  an  ornament  to  courts,  untainted  by  them." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Christ  church,  Hants  : — 

"James  Welshman  departed  this  life  June  21st,  1714, 
Who  lived  to  be  a  Joyful  Father  of  Seven  Sons  and 
Four  Daughters  by  his  wife  Elizabeth. 

The  better  part  of  me  is  gone 

My  sun  is  set,  my  turtle  flown." 


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In  the  cemetery  of  Pere  la  Chaise  are  two  tombstones 
standing  together,  which  emit  two  hands,  that  join 
affectionately.  One  tombstone  records  the  husband's 
death, — the  other  the  names  of  the  surviving  wife  :  on 
the  husband's  stone  is  written  : — 


"  I  await  my  wife. 


Another    French    epitaph,    written   by  a  surviving 
love : — 

"  Hast  thou  found  the  Heaven 
That  I  have  lost  ?" 


Epitaph  : — 

"  Freed  from  this  maze,  this  dream  of  life, 
Interr'd  here  lies  a  mother  and  a  wife. 
With  Christ  her  Lord,  she  now  enjoys  above, 
The  fruits  of  patience,  faith,  and  heavenly  love." 


On  Mika: — 

"Here  Mira  lies,  though  no  stone  marks  the  place 
With  long  detail  of  her  illustrious  race  ; 
No  venal  bard,  in  elcgiack  rhymes, 
Records  her  virtue  to  succeeding  times. 
Yet  she  shall  live,  when  fun'ral  trophies  fade, 
And  the  pale  bust  stands  mould' ring  in  the  shade  ; 
Secur'd  by  friendship,  blazon' d  on  each  heart, 
Her  name,  like  Myrrh,  will  fragrancy  impart ! 
Yirtue  and  nature  lent  her  every  charm 
That  could  the  judgment  please,  or  passions  warm  ; 
Death,  tho'  a  tyrant,  sigh'd  to  give  the  blow, 
And  own'd  perfection  was  no  more  below." 


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"  I  visited  Greenwood  cemetery  a  few  days  ago,  and 
found  many  new  monuments,  one  of  which  interested 
me  particularly,  from  the  cheerful  simplicity  of  its  Epi- 
taph— The  body  of  a  mother  and  child  rested  beneath 
the  marble,  and  on  it  was  inscribed  the  words  : — 

1  Is  it  well  with  thee  ?  Is  it  well  with  the  child  ? 
And  she  answered,  It  is  well.  2  Kings  iv.  26.' 

This  gives  pleasant  indication  of  real  faith  in  immor- 
tality :  like  the  Moravians  who  never  inscribe  on  their 
tombs  the  day  when  a  man  was  born,  and  when  he  died, 
but  simply  '  the  day  he  came  hither,  and  the  day  he 
went  home.'  Why  christians  should  have  chosen  a 
skull  and  cross-bones  for  their  emblem  of  death,  seems 
incomprehensible.  The  Greeks,  notwithstanding  their 
shadowy  faith  in  a  future  existence,  represented  death 
as  a  gentle  and  beautiful  youth  :  sometimes  as  a  sleep- 
ing winged  child,  with  an  inverted  torch  resting  on  a 
wreath  of  flowers." — Mrs.  Child 's  Letters  from  New  York. 


In  Worlingworth  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"Maey  Ling  died  Oct,  10th,  1833,  aged  59. 

M  ercy  good  Lord,  is  all  we  can  desire, 
A  mazing  is  thy  greatness  and  thy  power. 
K  ejoice  ye  Angels  in  his  bright  abode, 
Y  onder's  the  throne  of  your  Eternal  God. 

L  inger  not  my  soul  about  this  mortal  clay, 

I    ndulge  no  vain  desire  thyself  to  stay. 

IN"  o  real  blessing  can  this  world  afford  ; 

G  o  claim  the  realms  of  bliss :  rest  near  thy  God. 

The  above  Acrostic  was  composed 
by  the  Deceased." 


On  a  woman  in  Silton  churchyard,  Devonshire  :■ 

"  Here  lies  a  piece  of  Christ, 

A  star  in  dust. 

A  vein  in  gold  -  -  -  a  china  dish, 

That  must 

Be  used  in  Heaven  when  God 

Shall  feast  the  just." 


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In  INTewington  churchyard,  and  in  St.  Mary's  church- 
yard, Lambeth: — 

"  God  takes  the  good,  too  good  to  stay  ; 
The  had  he  leaves,  too  bad  to  take  away." 


On  Mrs.  Little,  inscribed  on  a  monument  in  Eed- 
cliffe  church,  Bristol  (by  Hannah  More)  : — 

"  0  could  this  verse  her.  fair  example  spread, 
And  teach  the  living  while  it  prais'd  the  dead  ! 
Then,  Reader,  should  it  speak  her  hope  divine, 
]STot  to  record  her  faith,  but  strengthen  thine; 
Then  should  her  every  virtue  stand  confest, 
Till  every  virtue  kindl'd  in  thy  breast. 
But  if  thou  slight  the  monitory  strain, 
And  she  has  liv'd,  to  thee,  at  least,  in  vain ; 
Yet  let  her  death  an  awful  lesson  give, 
The  dying  Christian  speaks  to  all  that  live. 
Enough  for  her  that  here  her  ashes  rest, 
Till  God's  own  plaudit  shall  her  worth  attest." 


On  Mrs.  Blandford  (by  Hannah  More) : — 

Meek  shade,  farewell !  go  seek  that  quiet  shore 
Where  sin  shall  vex,  and  sorrow  wound  no  more ; 
Thy  lowly  worth  obtains  that  final  bliss, 
"Which  pride  disdains  to  seek,  and  wit  may  miss, 
That  path  thou'st  found,  which  science  cannot  teach, 
But  faith  and  goodness  never  fail  to  reach ; 
Then  share  the  joy  the  words  of  life  impart, 
The  Yision  promis'd  to  the  pure  in  heart." 


On  Mrs.  Margaret  Paston,  of  Burningham,  in  Nor- 
folk (by  John  Dry  den) : — 

"  So  fair,  so  young,  so  innocent,  so  sweet, 
So  ripe  a  judgment,  and  so  rare  a  wit, 
Require  at  least  an  age  in  one  to  meet. 


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In  her  they  met ;  but  long  they  could  not  stay, 
'Twas  gold  too  fine  to  mix  without  allay. 
Heaven's  image  was  in  her  so  well  express' d, 
Her  very  sight  upbraided  all  the  rest ; 
Too  justly  ravish' d  from  an  age  like  this, 
Now  she  is  gone,  the  world  is  of  a  piece." 


Mary  Sidney,  afterwards  the  amiable  and  accom- 
plished countess  of  Pembroke,  and  sister  of  Sir  Philip 
Sidney,  died  Sep.  25,  1621,  at  an  advanced  age,  and 
was  buried  in  the  vaults  of  the  Pembrokes'  in  the 
Cathedral  church  of  Salisbury ;  and  though  no  monu- 
ment to  her  memory  has  ever  been  erected  on  the  spot, 
she  has  been  honoured  with  an  epitaph  by  Ben  Jonson,* 
perhaps  better  known  than  any  other  which  has  graced 
the  annals  of  the  dead,  and  which  cannot  fail  to  perpet- 
uate in  colours  durable  as  the  language  in  which  it 
is  written,  her  beauty,  virtue,  and  mental  endowments: — 

"Underneath  this  sable  hearse 
Lies  the  subject  of  all  verse  : 
Sidney's  sister,  Pembroke's  mother — 
Death,  ere  thou  hast  kill'd  another, 
Fair,  and  learned,  good  as  she, 
Time  shall  throw  his  dart  at  thee." 


In  St.  Saviour's  church,  London.  A  large  tomb, 
under  a  gilded  arch,  bears  the  figures  of  Kichard 
Humble,  alderman  of  London,  and  his  two  wives.  On 
the  face  of  the  tomb  is  inscribed  a  version  of  the 
beautiful  lines  u  on  Man's  Mortality,"  written  by  Simon 
Wastell,  (a  native  of  Westmoreland,  born  about  1552,  a 
student  of  Oxford,  and  master  of  the  free  school  of 
Northampton,)  but  commonly  attributed  to  Francis 
Quarles  : — 


*  In  the  Spectator,  for  March  26,  1712,  it  is  said  "  this  epitaph  was  writ- 
ten by  an  uncertain  author,"  but  we  have  many  times  seen  it  attributed 
to  Ben  Jonson. 


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:  Like  to  the  damask  rose  you  see, 
Or  to  the  blossom  on  the  tree, 
Or  like  the  dainty  flower  of  May, 
Or  like  the  morning  of  the  day, 
Or  like  the  sun,  or  like  the  shade, 
Or  like  the  gourd  which  Jonas  had ; 
Even  so  is  man,  whose  thread  is  spun, 
Drawn  out,  and  cut,  and  so  is  done. 
The  rose  withers,  the  blossom  blasteth, 
The  flower  fades,  the  morning  hasteth  ; 
The  sun  sets,  the  shadow  flies, 
The  gourd  consumes,  and  man  he  dies." 


"  Here  Lieth 

.     The  Ilight  Honourable  Lady  Grisell  Ballie, 

wife  of  George  Bailie,  of  Jerviswood,  Esq. 

eldest  daughter 

of  the  Right  Honourable  Patrick,  Earl  of  Marchmont ; 

a  pattern  to  her  sex,  and  an  honour  to  her  country. 

She  excelled  in  the  character  of  a  daughter,  a  wife,  a 

mother. 

While  an  Infant, 

at  the  hazard  of  her  own,  she  preserved  her  father's  life, 

who,  under  the  rigorous  prosecution  of  arbitrary  power, 

sought  refuge  in  the  close  confinement  of  a  tomb, 

where  he  was  nightly  supplied  with  necessaries,  convej^ed 

by  her,  with  a  caution  far  above  her  years, 

a  courage  almost  above  her  sex  ; 

a  real  instance  of  the  so  much  celebrated  lloman  charity. 

She  was  a  shining  example  of  conjugal  affection, 

that  knew  no  dissension,  felt  no  decline, 

during  almost  a  fifty  year's  union; 

the  dissolution  of  which  she  survived  from  duty,   not 

from  choice. 

Her  conduct  as  a  parent 

was  amiable,  exemplary,  successful, 

to  a  degree  which  will  not  be  expressed, 

without  mixing  the  praises  of  the  dead  with  those  of 

the  living,  who  desire  that  all  praise,  but  of  her, 

should  be  silent. 


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At  different  times  she  managed  the  affairs  of  her  father, 

her  husband,  her  family,  her  relations,  with 

unwearied   application,    with   happy   economy, 

as  distant  from  avarice  as  from  prodigality. 

Christian  piety,  love  of  her  country, 

zeal  for  her  friends,  compassion  for  her  enemies, 

cheerfulness  of  spirit,   pleasantness  of   conversation, 

dignity  of  mind, 

good  breeding,  good  humour,  good  sense, 

were  the  daily  ornaments  of  an  useful  life, 

protracted  by  Providence  to  an  uncommon  length, 

for  the  benefit  of  all  who  fell  within  the  sphere  of  her 

beneficence. 

Full  of  years  and  of  good  works, 

she  died  on  the  6th  day  of  December,  1746, 

near  the  end  of  her  81st  year, 

and  was  buried  on  her  birth-day,  the  25th  of  that  month." 


In  Darley  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

"  Sacred 
To  the  Memory  of 

JOHX      LlTTLEW001>, 

Coach  Proprietor,  late  of  Kew, 

in  the  County  of  Surrey, 

who  departed  this  life  on  the 

23rd  of  September,  1840, 

aged  41  years. 

Blow  soft  ye  winds,  ye  wintry  snows 

Fly  lightly  o'er  this  tomb. 

Here  rests  my  love  in  calm  repose 

Till  nature's  general  doom  : 

Oh,  yet  a  little,  then  I  too  shall  come, 

And  join  my  partner  in  this  silent  tomb  ; 

This  only  spot  of  all  the  world  is  mine, 

And  soon  my  dust,  sweet  saint,  shall  mix  with  thine 

Here  we  shall  lie  in  silence,  free  from  care, 

Till  Jesus  bids  us  meet  him  in  the  ah*." 


On  Mrs.    Coebet,  in  St.  Margaret's  church,   West- 
minster.    Mrs.  Coebet  died  of  a  cancer  in  her  breast, 


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and  was  buried  in  the  above  church,  in  which  is  the 
following  inscription  to  her  memory  (written  by  A. 
Pope)  :— 

"Here  rests  a  woman,  good  without  pretence, 
Blest  with  plain  reason,  and  with  sober  sense  : 
No  conquests  she,  but  o'er  herself  desired, 
No  arts  essay' d,  but  not  to  be  admired. 
Passion  and  pride,  were  to  her  soul  unknown, 
Con  vine' d  that  virtue  only  is  our  own. 
So  unaffected,  so  composed  a  mind ; 
So  firm,  yet  soft ;  so  strong,  yet  so  refined  : 
Heav'n,  as  its  purest  gold,  by  torture,  tried, 
The  saint  sustain' d  it,  but  the  woman  died." 


In  Bonsall  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Maey,  the  wife  of  James  White, 
of  Matlock  Bath,  who  died  July  18th,  1851,  aged  51  years. 

'Let  nothing  keep  you  back  from  coming  to  Christ.'* 

Her  Faith  and  Patience,  Love  and  Zeal, 

Should  make  her  memory  dear  ; 
0  Lord,  do  thou  our  prayers  fulfil 

She  offered  for  us  here." 


At  Wester-ham,  Kent : — 

'  When  at  the  judgment  seat  at  the  last  day  I  shall  stand, 
With  my  two  innocent  sons one  in  each  hand." 


In  Henbury  churchyard  : — 

"  A  husband  kind,  and  father  dear, 
Is  freed  from  pain  and  worldly  care, 


*  These  words,  we  believe,  were  the  last  she  ever  uttered. 


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His  body  moulders  'neath  this  sod, 
His  spirit  hopes  to  meet  his  God, 
In  that  blest  place,  where,  with  delight 
He'll  join  in  praises  day  and  night. 
And  with  his  kindred  spirits  sing 
Glory  to  the  Eternal  King." 


Epitaph  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  Eather,  Mother,  and  I, 
Who  all  of  us  died  in  one  year ; 
Eather  lies  at  Salisbury, 

And  Mother  and  I  lies  here." 


In  St.  Margaret's  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 

"  My  dear  husband  is  gone,  and  soon  I  shall  go, 
To  sleep  in  his  arms  with  Jesus  also." 


POETS    AND    AUTHOBS.* 


Shakspeare's  monument  at  Stratford-upon-Avon. — 
William  Shakspeare  lies  buried  in  the  chancel  of  the 
parish  church.  The  place  is  solemn  and  sepulchral ;  tall 
elms  wave  before  the  pointed  windows ;  and  the  Avon, 
which  runs  at  a  short  distance  from  the  walls,  keeps  up 
a  low  perpetual  murmur.  A  flat  stone  marks  the  spot 
where  the  bard  is  buried  ;  there  are  four  lines  inscribed 
on  it,  said  to  have  been  written  by  himself,  and  which 
have  in  them  something  very  awful ;  they  are  as  fol- 
low : — 

*  Epitaphs  on  several  "  Divines"  will  be  found  under  this  heading. 

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"  Good  Erend,  for  Jesus  SAKE  forbeare 
To  digg  T-E  dust  EucloAsed  HERE. 
Blest  be  T-E  mau  YT  spares  TEs  stones 
And  curst  be  he  YT  moves  my  bones." 

Just  over  the  grave,  in  a  niche  of  the  wall,  is  a  bust 
of  Shakspeaeje,  put  up  shortly  after  his  death,  and 
considered  as  a  resemblance.  He  is  represented  under 
an  arch,  in  a  sitting  posture,  a  cushion  spread  before 
him,  with  a  pen  in  his  right  hand,  and  his  left  rested  on 
a  scroll  of  paper :  the  following  Latin  distich  is  engra- 
ven under  the  cushion  : — 

"  Judicio  Pylium,  genio  Socratem,  arte  Maronem, 
Terra  tegit,  populus  moeret  Olympus  habet." 

There  are  also  the  following  lines  on  his  monument : — 
"  Stay,  passenger,  why  dost  thou  go  so  fast  r 
Read,  if  thou  canst,  whom  envious  death  hath  placed 
Within  this  monument ;  Shakspeare,  with  whom 
Quick  nature  died  ;  whose  name  doth  deck  the  tomb 
Ear  more  than  cost ;  since  all  that  he  hath  writ 
Leaves  living  art  but  page  to  serve  his  wit. 

Obiit  Ano.  Dni  1616. 
Mt  53.   die   23   Apri." 


Suakspe  are's  monument  in  Westminster  Abbey. — In 
1 740,  a  very  noble  and  beautiful  monument  was  raised  at 
the  public  expense  in  Westminster  Abbey,  an  ample  con- 
tribution for  this  purpose  being  made  upon  acting  his 
tragedy  of  Jul  his  Ccesar,  April  28th,  1738.  The  monu- 
ment stands  near  the  south  door  of  the  Abbey.  The 
poet  is  represented  at  full  length,  in  the  dress  of  his 
time,  leaning  a  little  on  his  right  arm,  which  is  sup- 
ported by  a  pedestal  decorated  with  the  crowned  heads 
of  Henry  V.,  Richard  II.,  and  Queen  Elizabeth.  At 
the  bottom  of  the  pedestal  hangs  a  scroll  inscribed 
with  the  following  beautiful  passage  from  "  The  Tem- 
pest," his  left  hand  pointing  to  it : — 

"  The  cloud  capp'd  towers — the  gorgeous  palaces — 
The  solemn  temples — the  great  globe  itself, — 
Yea,  all  which  it  inherit,  shall  dissolve  ; 
And,  like  the  baseless  fabric  of  a  vision, 
Leave  not  a  wreck  behind." 


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Immediately  over  the  poet's  head,  in  a  recess  of  a 
square  niche,  which  forms  the  back-ground,  and  is  sur- 
mounted by  an  angular  pediment,  supported  on  brackets, 
is  the  following  inscription  in  metal  figures,  on  a  small 
tablet  of  rich  marble  : — 


"  Gttltelmo  Shakspeaee 

Anno  post  mortem  CXXIV 

Amor  Publicus  Posuit." 


Epitaph  on  Shakspeaee,  written  by  John  Milton  in 
1630,  when  Milton  was  in  his  22nd  year  :  — 

"What  neede  my  Shaespeare  for  his  honoured  Bones, 
The  Labour  of  an  Age,  in  piled  Stones  ? 
Or  that  his  hallow' d  Beliques  should  be  hid 
Under  a  starr-y  pointing  Pyramid  ? 
Deare  Sonne  of  Memory,  great  Heire  of  Fame, 
"What  need'st  thou  such  dull  \Yitnesse  of  thy  name? 
Thou,  in  our  Wonder  and  Astonishment, 
Hast  built  thyself  a  live-long  Monument ! 
For  whilst  to  th'  shame  of  slow-endevouring  Art 
Thy  easie  Xumbers  flow,  and  that  each  Heart, 
Hath  from  the  leaves  of  thy  unvalued  Booke, 
Those  Delphicke  Lines,  such  deep  Impression  tooke  : 
Then,  thou,  our  Fancy  of  herselfe  bereaving, 
Dost  make  us  Marble  with  too  much  conceiving : 
And,  so  sepulcher'd,  in  such  Pomp  dost  lie, 
That  Kings  for  such  a  Tombe  would  wish  to  die." 


The  wife  of  Shakspeare  is  buried  at  Stratford,  between 
the  grave  of  her  husband  and  the  north  wall.  The  inscrip- 
tion, engraved  on  a  brass  plate  fixed  to  the  stone,  is  as 
follows  : — 

"Heere  lyeth  interred  the  bodye 

of  Aiote,  wife  of 

Mr.  William  Shakspeaee,  who 

Departed  this  life  the  6th 

Day  of  August,  1623,  being  of  the 

age  of  67  years. 

libera,  tv  mater,  tv  lac  vitaniq  dedisti, 
Yae  mihi  ;  protanto  mvnere  saxa  dabo  : 


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Qvam  mallem,  amoueat  lapidem  bonvs  angel  ore, 

Exeat  vt  christi  corpvs,  imago  tva 
Sed  nil  vota  valent,  yenias  cito  christe,  resurget, 

Clavsa  licet  tvmvlo  mater,  et  astra  petet." 


John  Fox,  the  Martyrologist,  was  buried  in  the  church 
of  St.  Giles's,  Cripplegate,  where  a  monument  was 
erected  to  his  memory,  with  a  Latin  inscription,  thus 
translated  : — 

"John  Fox, 

The  faithful  martyrologian  of  our  English  Church; 

A  most  discreet  searcher  into  the  antiquities  of  histories; 

A  most  stiff  bulwark  and  fighter  for  the  evangelical  truth ; 

Which  hath  revived  the  martyrs  as  so  many 

Phoenixes  from  the  dust  of  oblivion ; 

Died  the  18th  of  April,  1587, 

in  the  70th  year  of  his  age. 

To  whose  pious  memory 

This  Monument  is  erected  by  his  lamenting  son, 

Samuel  Fox." 


In  the  churchyard  of  St.  John's,  Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
is  a  tombstone  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  poet 
Cunningham,  with  this  inscription  : — 

"Here  lie  the  remains  of  John  Cunningham. 

Of  his  excellence  as  a  Pastoral  Poet, 

His  works  will  remain  a  Monument  for  Ages 

Afterthis  temporary  Tribute  of  EsteemisinDustforgotten. 

He  died  in  Newcastle,  Sept.  18,  1773,  aged  44. 

Also  of  his  Friend  and  Associate,  Robert  Care,,  Printer. 
He  died  June  4,  1783,  aged  45. 

(At  the  foot  of  the  grave  is  the  following) 

He  gathered  the  Essence  of  Simplicity 
And  Raing'd  it  in  Pastoral  Verse." 


James  Thomson,  the  author  of  "  The  Seasons,"  &c, 
was  buried  in  Richmond  church,  where,  at  the  west  end 


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of  the  north  aisle,  is  a  brass  tal  .  tains  the 

following:  — 

"  In  the  earth  below  thj 

are  the  remains  of 

James   Thome 

Author  of  the  beautiful  poems,  entitled 

The  Castle   of   Indolence,    fyc.    tifc. 

Who  died  at  Richmond  on  the  27th  day  of  August, 

and  was  buried  here  on  the  29th,  old  style,  1748. 

The  Earl  of  Buchan,   unwilling  that  so  good  a  man 

and  sweet  a  poet  should  be  without  a  memorial, 

of  his  interment 

for  the  satisfaction  of  his  admirers 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1792. 

Father  of  light  and  life  :  Thou  good  Supreme  ! 
0  teach  me  what  is  good :  teach  me  Thyself! 
Save  me  from  folly,  vanity,  and  vice, 
From  every  low  pursuit !  and  feed  my  soul 
With  knowled  ions  peace,  and  virtue  pure; 

Sacred,  substantial,  never-fading  bliss." — Winter. 


nument    to     James    Thomson,     in    Westminster 

'  :  — 

On  May  11th.  1762,  a  monument  in  the  above  place 
was  opened,  erected  to  the  memory  of  Thomson.  It  is 
situated  1    I  hakspeare's  and  Eowe's.      There 

figure    of    Ti:  itting,    who   leans   his   left    arm 

on  a  pedestal,  and  holds  a  book  with  the  cap  of  liberty 
in  his  right  hand.  Upon  the  pedestal  is  carved  a  bas- 
relief  of  "  the  which  a  boy  points,  offering 
him  a  laurel  crown  as  the  reward  of  his  genius.  At  the 
feet  of  the  figure  is  the  ancient  harp. 
The  whole  is  supported  by  a  projecting  pedestal ;  and 
on  a  panel  is  tl                                  :ion  :  — 

"  James  Thom- 
MatiB  48.  -7   August,   1748. 


POETS  AND  AUTHORS 


Tutor' d  by  thee,  sweet  poetry  exalts 
Her  voice  to  ages  ;  and  informs  the  page 
With  music,  image,  sentiment,  and  thoughts 
Never  to  die  : 

This  Monument  was  erected  in  1762." 


Geoffrey  Chaucer,  the  father  of  English  poetry, 
has  an  ancient  altar-tomb,  with  a  gothic  canopy,  in 
Westminster  Abbey  ;  the  inscription,  in  Latin,  is  very 
nearly  obliterated.     It  is  thus  translated  : — 

"  Of  English  bards,  who  sung  the  sweetest  strains, 
Old  Geoffrey  Chaucer  now  this  tomb  contains : 
For  his  death's  date  if  reader  thou  should' st  call, 
Look  but  beneath,  and,  it  will  tell  thee  all. 

25th  October,   1400. 

N.  Brigham  placed  these  in  the  name  of  the  Muses, 
at  his  own  expense,  1556. 

(And  on  a  brass  ledge,  no  longer  here,  were  the  fol- 
lowing lines)  : — 

If  who  I  was  you  ask,  Fame  shall  declare ; 

If  Fame  denies,  since  frail  all  glories  are, 

These  stones  shall  speak,  inscribed  with  pious  care." 


Edmund  Spenser,  author  of  "the  Faerie  Queen,"  has 
a  plain  tablet,  in  Westminster  Abbey,  bearing  this  in- 
scription : — 

"  Here  lyes  (  expecting  the  second  comminge  of  our 
Saviour  Christ  Jesus)  the  body  of  Edmund  Spenser, 
the  Prince  of  Poets  in  his  tyme,  whose  Divine  spirrit 
needs  noe  other  witness  than  the  works  which  he  left 
behinde  him.  He  was  born  in  London  in  the  yeare  1553, 
and  died  in  the  yeare  1598. 

Eestored  by  private  subscription,  1778."  * 


*  The  Countess  of  Dorset,  20  years  after  his  death,  erected  a  monument 
to  his  memory,  and  inscribed  upon  it  that  short  but  beautiful  inscription, 
which  the  Poet  Mason  transferred  in  1778  from  Purbeck  stone  to  statuary 
marble,  and  which  remains  an  exact  imitation  of  the  original. 


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Michael  Drayton,  poet-laureate  in  1662,  died  in 
1631,  and  in  the  Poet's  Corner,  Westminster  Abbey,  is 
a  bust  of  the  poet,  over  a  slab  of  white  marble,  erected 
by  the  countess  of  Dorset,  who  set  up  Spenser's  monu- 
ment.    It  bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Michael  Drayton,  Esq.,  a  memorable  poet  of  his 
age,  exchanged  his  laurel  for  a  crown  of  glory,  Anno,  1631. 

Do,  pious  marble,  let  thy  readers  know 

What  they,  and  what  their  children,  owe 

To  Drayton's  name,  whose  sacred  dust 

We  recommend  unto  thy  trust. 

Protect  his  memory,   and  preserve  his  story, 

Remain  a  lasting  monument  of  his  glory. 

And  when  thy  ruins  shall  disclaim 

To  be  the  treasurer  of  his  name, 

His  name,  that  cannot  fade,  shall  be 

An  everlasting  monument  to  thee."  * 


The  tomb  of  John  Gower,  the  poet,  in  St.  Saviour's 
church,  Southwark,  London. 

"  The  first  of  our  authors,"  according  to  Dr.  Johnson, 
"who  may  be  said  to  have  written  English,"  and  the 
contemporary  and  friend  of  Chaucer.  This  tomb  is  among 
the  most  interesting  monuments  of  this  country.  It 
consists  of  a  canopy  of  three  ogee  arches  ;  within  the 
canopy  four  corbeils  support  a  fan  roof;  and  on  the 
wall  at  the  back,  under  the  arches,  were  painted  three 
female  figures  wearing  coronets,  Avith  scrolls  and  super- 
scriptions— now  obliterated.  The  •  first  was  named 
Charity,  with  a  couplet  in  black  letters  upon  a  scroll, 
•n  old  French, — translated  as  follows  :  — 

"  In  thee,  who  art  the  Son  of  God  the  Father, 
Be  he  saved,  that  lies  under  this  stone  !  " 


*  In  the  Lives  of  Sacred  Poets,  in  the  reigns  of  James  and  Charles  the 
First,  by  R.  A.  Willmott,  Esq.  he  says :— "In  the  folio  edition  of  Drayton's 
works,  1748,  these  verses  are  attributed  to  Ben  Jonson,  but  they  are  here 
given  to  Francis  Quarles,  upon  the  authority  of  his  intimate  friend,  Mar- 
shall, the  '  stone-cutter  of  Fetter  Lane,'  who  erected  the  monument,  and 
told  Aubrey  that  Quarles  was  the  author." 


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The  second  named  Mercy,  with  the  couplet : — 

"  0  good  Jesu  show  thy  mercy 
To  the  soul  whose  hody  lies  here." 

The  third  named  Pity,  and  the  couplet : — 

"  For  thy  pity,  Jesu  have  regard, 
And  put  this  soul  in  safe  keeping." 

Beneath  the  figures  was  a  Latin  epitaph,  thus  trans- 
lated : — 

"  His  shield  henceforth  is  useless  grown, 
To  pay  death's  tribute  slain ; 
His  soul's  with  joyous  freedom  flown, 
Where  spotless  spirits  reign." 

Upon  an  altar  tomb,  beneath  the  canopy,  is  the  recum- 
bent effigy  of  "  The  Father  of  English  Poetry."  The 
head  rests  upon  three  volumes,  representing  his  writings, 
being  inscribed  with  the  respective  titles — "  Yox  Cla- 
mantis," —  "  Speculum  Meditantis," —  and  "  Confessio 
Amantis."  On  the  leger  of  the  tomb  is  a  Latin  inscrip- 
tion, translated  as  follows  : — 

"  Here  lies  John  Gowee,  Esq.,  a  celebrated  English 
poet,  also  a  benefactor  to  this  sacred  edifice,  in  the  time 
of  Edward  III.— and  Eiohard  II." 


Translation  of  the  Latin  inscription  on  the  monument 
in  "Westminster  Abbey  to  Abraham  Cowley  ;  he  died 
in  July,  1667,  in  his  49th  year  : — 

"  Near  this  place  lies  Abraham  Cowley,  the  Pindar, 
Horace,  and  Yirgil  of  England,  and  the  delight,  orna- 
ment, and  admiration  of  his  age  : — 

While,  sacred  bard,  far  worlds  thy  works  proclaim, 
And  you  survive  in  an  immortal  fame, 
Here  may  you,  blessed  in  pleasing  quiet,  lie ; 
To  guard  thy  urn  may  hoary  Faith  stand  by ; 
And  all  thy  fav'rite  tuneful  Nine  repair 
To  watch  thy  dust  with  a  perpetual  care. 
Sacred  for  ever  may  this  place  be  made, 
And  may  no  desp'rate  hand  presume  t'  invade, 
With  touch  unhallow'd,  this  religious  room, 


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Or  dare  affront  thy  venerable  tomb : 
Unmov'd  and  undisturb'd,  till  Time  shall  end, 
May  Cowley's  dust  this  marble  shrine  defend. 

So  Irishes,  and  desires  that  wish  may  be  sacred  to 
posterity,  George,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  who  erected 
this  monument  to  that  incomparable  man." 


Epitaph  on  !Mr.  Cowley  (written  by  himself).  The 
following  is  a  translation  of  that  excellent  epitaph, 
wherein,  with  a  kind  of  grave  and  philosophic  humour, 
he  very  beautifully  speaks  of  himself  (withdrawn  from 
the  world  and  dead  to  all  its  interests)  as  of  a  man 
really  deceased  : — 

"  The  Livixg  Author's  Epitaph. 

From  life's  superfluous  cares  enlarg'd, 

His  debt  of  human  toil  discharg'd, 

Here  Cowley  lies,  beneath  this  shed, 

To  ev'ry  worldly  interest  dead : 

\Vith  decent  poverty  content ; 

His  hours  of  ease  not  idly  spent ; 

To  fortune's  goods  a  foe  profess' d, 

And  hating  wealth,  by  all  caress' d. 

'Tis  sure  he's  dead;  for  lo  !  how  small 

A  spot  of  earth  is  now  his  all  ! 

0  !  wish  that  earth  may  lightly  lay, 

And  ev'ry  care  be  far  away ! 

Bring  flowers,  the  short  liv'd  roses  bring, 

To  life  deceased  fit  offering  ! 

And  sweets  around  the  poet  strow, 

"Whilst  yet  with  life  his  ashes  glow." 

Spectator. 


Robert  Dodsley,  a  poet  and  dramatic  writer,  died 
of  the  gout,  at  the  house  of  his  friend  Mr.  Spence, 
at  Durham ;  he  was  buried  in  the  Cathedral  church- 
yard at  that  place,  where  an  altar  tomb  is  erected 
to  his  memory,  with  the  following  inscription  composed 
by  his  friend,  Mr.  Spence  : — 


POETS  AND  AUTHORS. 


"  If  you  have  any  respect 

For  uncommon  Industry  and  Merit, 

Regard  this  place ; 

In   which   are   interred   the   Remains 

of 

Ma.  Robert  Dodsley  ; 

Who,  as  an  author  raised  himself 

Much  above  what  could  have  been  expected 

From  one  in  his  Rank  of  Life, 

And   without   a   learned   Education : 

And  who,  as  a  man,  was  scarcely 

Exceeded  by  any,  in  Integrity  of  Heart, 

And  Purity  of  Manners  and  Conversation. 

He  left  this  life  for  a  better, 

September  23rd,  1764,  in  the  61  Year  of  his  Age. 


Samuel  Butler,  the  author  of  "  Hudibras, "  died 
1680,  and  Mr.  Longueville,  having  unsuccessfully  soli- 
cited a  subscription  for  his  interment  in  Westminster 
Abbey,  buried  him,  at  his  own  cost,  in  the  churchyard 
of  St.  Paul's,  Covent  Garden,  in  an  unmarked  grave ; 
but  about  40  years  afterwards,  Mr.  Barber,  a  printer, 
mayor  of  London,  and  a  friend  to  Butler's  principles, 
bestowed  on  him  a  monument  in  Westminster  Abbey. 
It  appears  in  Latin,  and  is  thus  translated  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Samuel  Butlee,  who  was 
born  at  Strensham,  in  Worcestershire,  1612,  and  died 
at  London,  1680  ;  a  man  of  extraordinary  learning,  wit, 
and  integrity  :  peculiar^  happy  in  his  writings, — not 
so  in  the  encouragement  of  them.  The  curious  inventor 
of  a  land  of  satire  amongst  us,  by  which  he  plucked  tho 
mask  from  pious  hypocrisy,  and  plentifully  exposed  the 
villiany  of  rebels.  The  first  and  last  of  writers  in  his 
way.  Lest  he,  who  (when  alive)  was  destitute  of  all 
things,  should  (when  dead)  want  likewise  a  monument, 
John  Barber,  eitizen  of  London,  hath  taken  care,  by 
placing  this  stone  over  him,  1721." 


Epitaph  on  Butler's  monument,  perhaps  by  Pope, 
who  showed  his  contempt  for  Barber,  who  raised 
Butler's  monument : — 


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Eespect  to  Dry  den,  Sheffield  justly  paid  ; 
And  noble  Yillers  honour' d  Cowley's  shade  : 
But  whence  this  Barber  ?  that  a  name  so  mean 
Should,  joined  with  Butler's,  on  a  tomb  be  seen; 
This  pyramid  would  better  far  proclaim 
To  future  ages  humbler  Settle's*  name  : 
Poet  and  patron  then  had  been  well  pair'd — 
The  city  printer,  and  the  city  bard." 


Nicholas  Rowe,  poet-laureate  and  dramatist,  died 
December  6th,  1718,  aged  44,  and  was  buried  in  West- 
minster Abbey,  in  the  aisle  where  many  of  our  English 
poets  are  interred,  over  against  Chaucer.  He  has  a 
monument  in  the  Abbey,  on  which  is  represented  the 
genius  of  poetry  seated,  holding  a  book,  and  leaning  in 
a  mournful  attitude  on  a  pedestal,  on  which  is  placed  a 
bust.  The  monument  was  erected  by  his  wife  (sculp- 
tured by  Rysbrack),  and  the  epitaph  written  by  Pope  : — 

"  Thy  reliques,  Rowe,  to  this  sad  shrine  we  trust, 
And  near  thy  Shakspeare  place  thy  honour' d  bust. 
Oh !  next  him  skilled  to  draw  the  tender  tear ; 
For  never  heart  felt  passion  more  sincere ; 
To  nobler  sentiment  to  fire  the  brave, 
For  never  Briton  more  disdained  a  slave. 
Peace  to  thy  gentle  shade  and  endless  rest ; 
Blest  in  thy  genius,  in  thy  love  too  blest ; 
And  blest,  that  timely  from  our  scene  remov'd, 
Thy  soul  enjoys  that  liberty  it  lov'd." 

"  To  these,  so  mourn' d  in  death,  so  lov'd  in  life, 
The  childless  parent  and  the  widow' d  wife, 
With  tears  inscribes  this  monumental  stone, 
That  holds  their  ashes  and  expects  her  own." 


*  Settle  was  poet  to  the  city  of  London.  His  office  was  to  compose  yearly 
panegyrics  upon  the  Lord  Mayor,  and  versos  to  be  spoken  in  the  pageants. 
The  employment  of  city  poet  ceased  at  his  death. 


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Intended  for  Nicholas  Howe  (by  Pope).     It  is  neces- 
sary to  give  the  epitaph  originally  intended  for  Howe's 
monument,    as  upon  the  hint  expressed   in  the  third 
line,  Dryden's  monument  was  erected,  by  John  Sheffield, 
Duke  of  Buckingham  : — 
"Thy  reliques,  Bo  we,  to  this  fair  urn  we  trust, 
And  sacred,  place  by  Dryden's  awful  dust : 
Beneath  a  rude  and  nameless  stone  he  lies, 
To  which  thy  tomb  shall  guide  inquiring  eyes. 
Peace  to  thy  gentle  shade,  and  endless  rest ! 
Bless' d  in  thy  genius,  in  thy  love  too  blest ! 
One  grateful  woman  to  thy  name  supplies, 
What  a  whole  thankless  land  to  his  denies." 

The  third  line,  as  before  stated,  caused  the  Duke  of 
Buckingham  to  erect  a  tomb  for  Dryden  ;  for  which  was 
originally  intended  this  epitaph  : — 

"  This  Sheffield  rais'd.     The  sacred  dust  below 
"Was  Dryden  once:  the  rest  who  does  not  know?" 


Which  the  author  since  changed  into  the  plain  in- 
scription now  upon  it : — 

"J.  Dryden 

Natus  Aug.  9th,  1631.     Mortuus  Maii  1,  1701. 

Johannes  Sheffield,  Dux  Buckinghamiensis  posuit." 


The  tomb  of  Henry  Fielding,  the  novelist,  at  Lisbon, 
in  Portugal,  who  died  in  1754,  aged  47  years  : — 

"  Sad  and  strange  it  seems  that  not  a  foot  of  English 
ground  should  have  been  vouchsafed  to  cover  his  r  - 
mains  ;  and  strange,  also,  that  after  his  body  was 
mitted  to  the  grave,  the  first  attempt  to  pay  a  tribute  to 
his  memory,  and  to  mark  his  last  resting  place  with  ; 
fitting  memorial,  proceeded  from  a  foreigner  !  The 
Chevalier  de  Meyrionnet,  French  Consul  at  Lisbon,  wrote 
an  epitaph  on  Fielding  soon  after  his  death,  in  the 
French  language,  and  proposed  at  his  own  expense  to 
erect  a  monument  to  him.  Such  a  proposal  from  a 
foreigner  naturally  excited  a  spirit  of  emulation  amongs  I 
the  numerous  countrymen  of  the  novelist  residing   ai 


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Lisbon.  A  monument  was  accordingly  placed  at  the 
cost  of  the  English  factory,  over  the  spot  where  all  that 
was  mortal  of  the  author  of  so  many  imperishable  crea- 
tions, has  long  since  crumbled  into  dust.  This  tomb 
having  fallen  into  decay,  was  replaced  in  1830  by  a 
more  appropriate  memorial,  which  bears  the  following 
inscription  : — 

"  Henricus  Fielding ;    luget   Britannia   gremio   non 
datum  fcere  natum." — Lawrence's  Life  of  Fielding. 


John  Milton,  the  poet,  died  Nov.  8th,  1674,  aged 
66  years,  and  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  St.  Giles's 
church,  Cripplegate.  There  is  a  monument  (by  Ttys- 
brack)  erected  to  his  memory  in  Westminster  Abbey, 
bearing  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  In  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ, 

One  thousand  seven  hundred,  thirty  and  seven, 

This  Bust 

of  the  Author  of  "  Paradise  Lost," 

was  placed  here  by  "William  Benson,  Esquire, 

one  of  the  two  Auditors  of  the  Imprest 

to  His  Majesty  King  George  the  Second : 

formerly 

Surveyor- General  of  the  Work 

to  His  Majesty  King  George  the  Eirst. 

Rysbrack 
was  the  Statuary  who  cut  it." 

In  St.  Giles's,  Cripplegate  : — 

"  John  Milton,  author  of  Paradise  Lost,  Born  Dec, 
1608,  Died  Nov.  1674.      His  father,  John  Milton,  died 
March,  1646.     They  were  both  interred  in  this  church. 
Samuel  Whitbread,  Posuit,  1793." 


On  Dr.  Walker. — Dr.  Walker  wrote  a  work  on  the 
English  Particles,  which  obtained  for  him  the  short  and 
pithy  epitaph — 

"  Here  lie  Walker's  Particles." 


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William  Shenstone,  the  poet,  died  Feb.  11th,  1763, 
aged  49,  and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Hales 
Owen,  Shropshire.  A  pillar  is  erected  to  his  memory 
within  the  church,  on  which  is  the  following  : — 

"  "Whoe'er  thou  art,  with  reverence  tread, 
These  sacred  mansions  of  the  dead. 
Not  that  the  monumental  bust 
Or  sumptuous  tomb  here  guards  the  dust ! 
Of  rich,  or  great  (let  wealth,  rank,  birth, 
Sleep  un distinguish' d  in  the  earth) ; — - 
This  simple  urn  records  a  name 
That  shines  with  more  exalted  fame. 
Reader !  if  genius,  taste  refin'd, 
A  native  elegance  of  mind : 
If  virtue,  science,  manly  sense, 
If  wit  that  never  gave  offence  ; 
The  clearest  head,  the  tend'rest  heart, 
In  thy  esteem  e'er  claim'd  a  part; 
Ah  !  smite  thy  breast,  and  drop  a  tear 
For  know,  thy  Shenstone's  dust  lies  here." 

At  the  Leasowes,  where  the  poet  Shenstone  lived,  is 
an  ornamental  urn,  inscribed  to  Miss  Dolman  (a  beau- 
tiful  and  amiable  relation  of  Mr.  Shenstone' s,  who  died 
of  the  small-pox,  about  21  years  of  age),  in  the  follow- 
ing words  on  one  side,  and  is  thus  translated  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

a    most    amiable    kinswoman. 

Ah!  Maeia! 

most  elegant  of  nymphs  ! 

snatch' d  from  us 

in  thy  bloom  of  beauty, 

ah  !    farewell  : 

How  much  inferior 

is  the  living  conversation 

of  others 

to  the  bare  remembrance 

of  thee!" 


John  Gat,  the  poet,  died  Dec.  4th,  1732,  aged  44, 
and  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey,  where  a  monu- 
ment, bearing  the  following  inscription,  is  erected  : — 


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"  Life  is  a  jest,  and  all  things  show  it ; 
I  thought  so  once ;  but  now  I  know  it. 

Gay, 

Of  manners  gentle,  of  affections  mild ; 

In  wit  a  man ;  simplicity  a  child  : 

With  native  humour  tempering  virtue's  rage  : 

Form'd  to  delight  at  once,  and  lash  the  age  : 

Above  temptation  in  a  low  estate, 

And  uncorrupted,  ev'n  among  the  great : 

A  safe  companion,  and  an  easy  friend, 

TInblam'd  through  life,  lamented  in  thy  end. 

These  are  thy  honours  !  not  that  here  thy  bust 

Is  mix'd  with  heroes,  or  with  kings  thy  dust ; 

But  that  the  worthy  and  the  good  shall  say, 

Striking  their  pensive  bosoms Here  lies  Gay." 

A.  Pope. 


"Here  lye  the  ashes  of  John  Gay, 

The  warmest  friend,  the  gentlest  companion,  the  most 
benevolent  man ;  who  maintained  Independency  in 
low  circumstances  of  Fortune;  Integrity,  in  the  midst 
of  a  corrupt  age  ;  and  that  equal  serenity  of  mind  which 
conscious  goodness  alone  can  give,  through  the  whole 
course  of  his  life.  Favourite  of  the  Muses,  He  was  led 
by  them  to  every  Elegant  Art,  Refined  in  Taste,  and 
fraught  with  Graces  all  his  own.  In  various  kinds  of 
Poetry,  Superior  to  many,  Inferior  to  none.  His  works 
continue  to  inspire  what  his  example  taught,  Contempt 
of  Folly,  however  adorned ;  Detestation  of  Yice,  how- 
ever dignified  ;  Reverence  for  virtue,  however  disgraced. 
Charles  and  Catherine,  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Queens- 
bury,  who  loved  this  excellent  person  living,  and  regret 
him  dead,  have  caused  this  monument  to  be  erected  to 
his  memory." 


Another  on  Gay,  the  poet  (by  Pope) : — 

"  Well  then  !  poor  Gay  lies  under  ground, 
So  there's  an  end  of  honest  Jack : 
So  little  justice  here  he  found, 

'Tis  ten  to  one  he'll  ne'er  come  back." 


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Thomas  Hearne,  the  antiquary,  died  June  10,  1735, 
aged  57,  and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  St.  Peter's 
in  the  East,  Oxford,  He  directed  that  upon  his  tomb- 
stone *  these  two  passages  from  Holy  Writ,  should  be 
engraved  : — 

"  Remember  the  days  of  old.  Consider  the  years  of 
many  generations  ;  ask  thy  father,  and  he  will  show 
thee  ;  thy  elders,  and  they  will  tell  thee.  Deu.  xxxii.  7." 

"For  enquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the  former  age,  and 
prepare  thyself  to  the  search  of  their  fathers  :  For  we 
are  but  of  yesterday,  and  know  nothing,  because  our 
days  upon  earth  are  a  shadow.  Shall  not  they  teach 
thee,  and  tell  thee,  and  utter  words  out  of  their  heart  ? 
Job  viii.  8-10." 


Dr.  Katerfelto,  the  conjuror,  died  at  an  Inn  at 
Bedale,  in  Yorkshire,  when  on  his  travels  with  his  black 
cat.  He  was  buried  in  the  church  there,  nearly  facing 
the  altar  rails  ;  and  over  his  remains  is  a  stone  with  this 
inscription  : — 

"  Here  Lye  the  Eemains 

of  Dr.  Katerfelto, 

Philosopher, 

Who  died  November  loth,  1799, 

Aged  56  years." 


Thomas  Day,  author  of  "  Sandford  and  Merlon,"  lost 
his  life  by  a  fall  from  his  horse,  as  he  was  riding  from 
his  house  in  Surrey,  to  his  mother's  at  Bear  Hill,  in  the 
parish  of  Wargrave,  Berkshire.  He  was  buried  in  the 
church  at  Wargrave,  and  on  a  handsome  monument  is 
inscribed  this  epitaph  : — 

"  In  Memory  of  Thomas  Day,  Esq.  who  died  Sep- 
tember 23rd,  1789,  aged  41  years,  after  having  promo- 
ted by  the  energy  of  his  writings,  and  encouraged  by 
the  uniformity  of  his  example,  the  unremitted  exercise 
of  every  public  and  private  virtue. 

*  His  stone  was  repaired  in  1754,  by  Dr.  Rawlinson. 

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Beyond  the  reach  of  time  or  fortune's  power  : 
Remain,  cold  stone,  remain,  and  mark  the  hour 
When  all  the  noblest  gifts  which  Heaven  e'er  gave, 
Were  centred  in  a  dark,  untimely  grave. 
Oh  !  taught  on  reason's  boldest  wings  to  rise, 
And  catch  each  glimmering  of  the  opening  skies : 
Oh !  gentle  bosom  :  oh,  unsullied  mind  ! 
Oh,  friend  to  truth,  to  virtue,  to  mankind  : 
Thy  dear  remains  we  trust  to  this  sad  shrine, 
Secure  to  feel  no  second  loss  like  thine."  * 


"William  Cowper,  the  poet,  was  buried  in  East  Dere- 
ham church,  Norfolk.  On  a  monument  erected  by  Lady 
Hesketh,  who  was  his  administratrix,  are  the  following 
lines  (by  Hayley) : — 

"  In  Memory  of 

William  Cowper,  Esq. 

Born  in  Hertfordshire,  1731, 

Buried  in  this  Church,   1800. 

Ye  who  with  warmth  the  public  triumph  feel 

Of  Talents,  dignified  by  sacred  zeal, 

Here,  to  devotion's  bard  devoutly  just, 

Pay  your  fond  tribute  due  to  Cowper' s  dust. 

England,  exulting  in  his  spotless  fame, 

Ranks  with  her  dearest  sons  his  favourite  name. 

Sense,  fancy,  wit,  suffice  not  all  to  raise 

So  clear  a  title  to  affection's  praise. 

His  highest  honours  to  the  heart  belong ; 

His  virtues  form'd  the  magic  of  his  song." 


Inscription  upon  the  monument  of   Lady  Hesketh 
(mentioned  above),  in  Bristol  Cathedral : — 


*  These  verses  were  ■written  by  himself  on  some  other  occasion,  and 
placed  here  by  his  Widow,  who  thought  them  peculiarly  applicable  to  his 
character. 


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"  Sacred 

To  the  memory  of 

Dame  Harriot,  relict  of  Sir  Thomas  Hesketh, 

of  RufFord,  in  the  county  of  Lancaster,   Baronet, 

who  departed  this  life  on  the   15th  day  of  Jan.,  1807, 

in  the  72nd  year  of  her  age. 

Her  virtues  endeared  her  to  all  who  knew  her, 

And  her  Benevolence  and  Piety  were  too  well  known 

to  require  Eulogium. 

She  was  the  near  relative,  and  valued  friend 

of  our  great  Moral  Poet,  Cowper. 

And  was  as  much  distinguished  by  the  cultivation  of  her 

mind  and  the  Elegance  of  her  Manners 

as  by  the  Beneficence  of  her  Heart. 

In  affectionate  Respect  to  her  Memory, 

This  Tablet  was  erected  by  her  Great  Nephew, 

Sir  Thomas  Dalrymple  Hesketh,  Baronet." 


In  Dereham  church,  Norfolk  : — 

"  In  Memory  of  Mary, 

(Widow  of  the  Rev.  Morley  Unwin,  and  mother  of  the 

Rev.  William  Cawthorne  Unwin),  born  at  Ely,  1724. 

Buried  in  this  Church,  1796. 

Trusting  in  God,  with  all  her  heart  and  mind, 

This  woman  proved  magnanimously  kind ; 

Endur'd  affliction's  desolating  hail, 

And  watch' d  a  poet  thro'   misfortune's  vale. 

Her  spotless  dust,  angelic  guards,  defend ! 

It  is  the  dust  of  Unwin,  Cowper' s  friend  ! 

That  single  title  in  itself  is  fame, 

For  all  who  read  his  verse,  revere  her  name." 


William  Somerville,  the  poet,  died,  aged  51,  and 
was  buried  at  Wotton,  near  Henley-in-Arden,  Warwick- 
shire ;  the  following  is  on  his  tomb  : — 
"H.  S.  E. 
Gulielmus  Somerville,  Arm. 
Obiit  17th  July,   1742. 


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Si  quid  in  me  Boni  compertum  habeas  imitare. 
Si  quid  mali  totis  viribus  evita  Christo  confide. 
Et  scias  te  quoque  fragilem  Egse  etmortalem." 


George  Withers,  the  poet,  died  May  2nd,  1667, 
aged  79,  and  was  buried  between  the  east  door  and 
south  end  of  the  church,  belonging  to  the  Savoy  Hos- 
pital in  the  Strand.  Part  of  the  inscription,  written 
by  himself  is  as  follows  : — 

"  Beside  the  issue  of  my  brain 
I  had  six  children,  whereof  twain 
Did  live,  when  we  divided  were." 

Lives  of  Sacred  Poets. 


David  Hume,  the  celebrated  historian  and  philo- 
sopher, lies  buried  in  the  Calton  Hill,  Edinburgh,  in  a 
circular  tomb.  The  following  jeu-aV  esprit  has  been 
written  upon  it : — 

"Within  this  circular  idea, 

Call'd  vulgarly — a  tomb, 
The  ideas  and  impressions  lie 

That  constituted  Hume. 

He  died  Aug.  25,  1776,  aged  65  years." 


The  grave  of  Charles  Churchill,  the  poet,  in  St. 
Martin' s  churchyard,  Dover.  "The  burial  place,  though 
but  recently  disused,  had  the  most  melancholy  appear- 
ance of  desertion.  Heaps  of  broken  crockery  and  other 
refuse  from  the  adjoining  houses  lay  at  one  end.  Scarcely 
a  daisy  would  in  spring  look  up  to  the  sky  from  that 
mould,  and  now  not  a  robin  was  there  to  chant  a  requiem 
for  the  departed  summer.  The  graves  were  wet  with  the 
late  rains,  but  neither  rain  nor  sunshine  brought  green- 
ness to  the  sods-,  for  there  was  little  grass  in  that  dreary 


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churchyard.  We  "wandered  on  amid  the  gloom,  search- 
ing for  the  spot  where  the  last  remains  of  the  poet 
Charles  Churchill  found  their  last  resting  place  in 
1764.  It  was  long  ere  we  could  discover  the  lowly 
grave  ;  but  at  length  an  old  headstone,  green  with  slimy 
moss,  was  found,  bearing  the  Poet's  name  and  time  of 
decease,  with  the  epitaph  from  his  own  poem  of  '  The 
Candidate  : — 

'  1764. 

Here  lie  the  remains 

of  the  celebrated 

C.  Churchill. 

Life  to  the  last  enjoyed 
Here  Churchill  lies. 

Candidate.'' 

One  could  have  wished,  certainly,  that  that  life  and 
its  enjoyments  had  been  more  in  accordance  with  the 
dictates  of  virtue  and  religion  ;  for  it  was  impossible  to 
look  without  sorrow  on  these  last  memorials  of  a  man 
of  genius.  But  neglected  as  was  the  poet's  grave  now, 
it  had  not  been  so  always ;  there  had  been  an  interval 
when  the  last  resting  place  of  genius  had  been  honoured, 
and  when  the  poet's  own  wish  had  in  part  been  ful- 
filled :— 

'  Let  one  poor  sprig  of  bay  around  my  head 
Bloom  whilst  I  live,  and  point  me  out  as  dead ; 
Let  it — may  Heaven  indulgent  grant  my  prayer  ! 
Be  planted  on  my  grave  nor  wither  there  : 
And  when  on  travel  bound,  some  rhyming  guest 
Roams  through  the  churchyard  while  his  dinner's  drest, 
Let  it  hold  out  this  comment  to  his  eyes, 
'  Life  to  the  last  enjoyed,  here  Churchill  lies. ' ' 

•  Between  30  and  40  years  since,  a  bay  was  planted 
and  for  some  time  carefully  tended  on  the  spot.  A  pilot 
from  the  neighbouring  town  of  Deal,  named  Mowll 
planted  it  there.  Few  who  looked  on  the  weather- 
beaten  exterior  of  the  brave  sailor,  would  have  guessed 
that  he  should  have  been  the  only  one  to  fulfil  a  poet's 
wish ;  but  the  brave  are  often  the  gentle  too,  and  he 
who  had  many  times  dared  the  raging  ocean,  had  a 
thought  of  pity  for  neglected  genius.  Honoured  be  his 
name  for  this  touching  expression  of  sympathy !     But 


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the  bay  tree  did  not  thrive  on  the  grave ;  evergreens 
are  said  not  to  nourish  well  on  the  soils  of  Dover :  and 
the  sheep  browsed  on  its  young  loaves,  and  thoughtless 
persons  broke  away  its  shoots  :  and  all  the  care  of 
the  planter  could  not  save  it.  Those  who  looked  upon 
it,  tell  how  it  always  seemed  drooping.  Long  since  it 
disappeared  altogether,  and  when  we  stooped  to  the 
grave  to  gather  a  blade  of  grass  to  carry  off  as  a  remem- 
brance of  Chuechill,  nothing  was  there  but  a  small 
nettle  ;  and  no  raised  sod  marked  a  tomb,  for  the  ground 

was  trodden  to  a  perfect  level. Lord  Byron,   while 

his  dinner  was  preparing  at  a  neighbouring  Inn,  in  1816, 

literally  fulfilled  the  Poet's  wish  by  visiting  his  grave." 

Abridged  from  a  Journal,  1854. 


In  Eton  College  chapel,  the  stone  covering  the  grave 
of  Sir  Heniiy  "Wotton,  who  died  Dec,  1639,  aged  71, 
preserves  the  following  remarkable  inscription,  which 
is  thus  translated  into  English  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  first  author  of  this  sentence, 

'  May  an  itching  for  dispute  be  the  scab  (or  tetter)  of 

the  Church.' 

Seek  his  name  elsewhere."  * 


Ben  Jonson  died  1637,  aged  63,  and  was  buried  in 
the  north  aisle  of  Westminster  Abbey.  Over  his  grave 
is  cut  in  a  stone  about  14  in.  square,  this  inscription  : — 

"  0  Eare  Ben  Jon  son."  f 


*  Another  writer  pays  he  ordered  this  sentence  to  be  inscribed  on  his 
tomb, — "  The  itch  of  disputation  will  prove  the  scab  of  the  church." 

+  Aubrey  says,  that  it  "-was  done  at  the  charge  of  Jack  Young,  after- 
wards knighted,  who  walking  there  when  the  grave  was  covering,  gave  the 
fellow  eighteen-pence  to  cut  it." 

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He  has  a  monument  in  Poet's  Corner,  consisting 
of  a  bust,  with  the  buttons  on  the  wrong  side  of  his 
coat ;  *  beneath  are  masks  of  Comedy  and  Tragedy ; 
underneath  the  bust  is  the  inscription  — 

"  0  Rare  Ben  Jonson." 


"  "Woodstock,  near  Kilkenny,  in  Ireland,  was  the  last 
residence  of  the  author  of  'Psyche'  (Mrs.  Tighe). 
Her  grave  is  one  of  many  in  the  churchyard  of  the 
village.  The  river  runs  smoothly  by ;  the  ruins  of  an 
ancient  abbey,  that  have  been  partially  converted  into  a 
church,  reverently  throw  their  mantle  of  tender  shadow 
over  it." — Tales  by  the  O'JIara  Family. 


Philip  Massingee,  the  dramatic  poet,  died  March, 
1640,  aged  56.  John  Fletcher,  died  1625,  aged  49, 
and  Francis  Beaumont,  1615,  aged  29;  and  were  buried, 
the  two  former  in  the  churchyard  of  St.  Saviour,  South- 
wark,  and  the  latter  at  the  entrance  of  St.  Benedict's 
chapel,  "Westminster  Abbey,  without  any  inscription. 


Elijah  Fenton,  the  poet,  who  assisted  Pope  in  the 
translation  of  the  "  Odyssey,"  died  1730,  aged  47,  and 
was  buried  in  Easthampstead  church,  in  Berkshire, 
where  a  monument  appears  to  his  memory;  the  inscrip- 
tion was  written  by  Pope,  and  is  as  follows  : — 


*  Which  occasioned  the  following  lines  (by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Wesley)  :- 
"  O  rare  Ben  Jonson. —  What  a  turn -coat  grown  : 
Thou  ne'er  wert  such,  till  thou  wert  clad  in  stone. 
When  time  thy  coat,  thy  only  coat  impairs 
Thou'it  find  a  patron  in  a  hundred  years. 
Then  let  not  this  mistake  disturb  thy  sprite, 
Another  age  shall  set  thy  buttons  right." 


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:  This  modest  stone,  what  few  vain  marbles  can, 
May  truly  say — 'Here  lies  an  honest  man.' 
A  Poet  bless' d  beyond  the  Poet's  fate, 
Whom  heaven  kept  sacred  from  the  proud  and  great : 
Foe  to  loud  praise,  and  friend  to  learned  ease, 
Content  with  science  in  the  vale  of  peace. 
Calmly  he  look'd  on  either  life,  and  here 
Saw  nothing  to  regret,  or  there  to  fear  ; 
Prom  Nature's  temp' rate  feast  rose  satisfied, 
Thank'd  Heaven  that  he  had  lived,  and  that  he  dy'd." 


Joh^-  Sheffield,  duke  of  Buckinghamshire,  died 
Peb.  24,  1720 — 1,  and  was  buried  under  a  sumptuous 
monument,  in  Westminster  Abbey,  erected  by  his  widow. 
Their  effigies  may  be  seen  in  the  Abbey,  in  a  half-raised 
posture.  A  figure  of  Time  is  holding  several  busts  in 
relievo,  being  portraits  of  their  Graces'  children.  The 
following  is  on  the  tomb  : — 

"I  lived  doubtful  not  dissolute, 
I  die  unresolved  not  unresigned. 
Ignorance  and  error  are  incident  to  human  nature. 
I  trust  in  an  Almighty  and  all-good  God, 
Thou  King  of  Kings  have  mercy  upon  me. 

(Underneath) : — 
For  my  King  often  :  for  my  country  ever." 


William  Falcoxer,  author  of  "The  Shipwreck,"  a 
"Nautical  Dictionary,"  and  some  minor  poems,  was  lost 
in  the  "  Aurora  Frigate"  during  the  outward  voyage  to 
India,  after  leaving  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  in  the 
winter  of  1769,  aged  about  39. 


In  Kcnsall  Green  cemetery,  is  a  monument  erected  to 
the  memory  of  Tho^ias  Hood.  It  consists  of  a  bronze 
bust,  elevated  on  a  lofty  pedestal  of  polished  red  granite ; 
in  front  of  the  bust,   wreaths  in  bronze,  formed  of  the 


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laurel,  the  myrtle,  and  the  immortelle ;  and  on  a  slab 
beneath,  that  well-known  line  of  the  poet,  which  he 
desired  should  be  used  as  his  epitaph  : — 

"He  sang  the  song  of  the  shirt." 

Upon  the  front  of  the  pedestal  is  carved  this  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"  In  Memory  of  Thomas  Hood,  born  23rd  of  May, 
1798,  died  3rd  May,  1845.  Erected  by  public  sub- 
scription." 

At  the  base  of  the  pedestal,  a  lyre  and  comic  mask, 
in  bronze,  are  thrown  together,  suggesting  the  mingled 
character  of  Hood's  writings  :  on  the  sides  of  the  pedes- 
tal are  bronze  medallions,  illustrating  the  poems  of  "The 
Bridge  of  Sighs,"  and  "  The  Dream  of  Eugene  Aram." 


Macgillivray. — "  No  cenotaph,  no  marble  urn,  no 
chiselled  bust,  no  fulsome  epitaph  in  letters  of  gold, 
mark  his  remains ;  but  a  slight  heave  of  the  turf,  in  a 
quiet  churchyard,  beside  the  banks  of  the  Don,  over- 
grown with  grass  and  wild  flowers,  which  in  life  he  so 
frequently  described,  tells  the  inquisitive  stranger  that 
the  ashes  of  the  author  of  '  British  Birds,  Indigenous 
and  Migratory,'  repose  there." — James  Harley. 


William  Hutton,  author  of  "  The  Histories  of  Der- 
by and  Birmingham,"  and  many  other  works,  and  one 
of  the  most  remarkable  characters  this  country  ever 
produced,  died  and  was  buried  at  Aston,  near  Birming- 
ham, by  the  side  of  his  wife  ;  with  these  simple  inscrip- 
tions placed  over  their  tomb  : — 

"  Here  lyeth  the  Body  of 

Sarah,  Wife  of  William  Huttost, 

Who  died,  Jan.  23rd,   1796, 

aged  65. 

Also, 

William  Hutton,   who  died 

Sep.  20th,  1815, 

aged  92  vears." 


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In  "Westminster  Abbey  is  a  half-length  figure,  with 
dramatic  devices  of  William  Concrete,  the  dramatist, 
inscribed  as  follows  : — 

"  Mr.  William  Congreve, 
Dyed  Jan.  19,  1728,  aged  56,  and  was  buried  near 
this  place  :  to  whose  most  valiant  Memory  this  Monu- 
ment is  sett  up  by  Henrietta,  Dutchess  of  Marlborough, 
as  a  mark  how  dearly  she  remembered  the  happiness 
and  honour  she  enjoyed  in  the  sincere  Friendshipp  of  so 
worthy  and  Honest  a  Man.  Whose  Virtue,  Candour, 
and  Witt  gained  him  the  love  and  Esteem  of  the  present 
Age,  and  whose  writings  will  be  the  admiration  of  the 
Future." 


George  Stepney,  the  poet,  died  1707,  aged  44,  and 
was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey,  where  there  is  a 
monument  to  his  memory,  consisting  of  a  sarcophagus, 
with  bust  on  pedestal,  angels  weeping,  and  family  arms. 
The  monument  contains  a  long  inscription  in  Latin, 
which  may  be  seen  in  "Johnson's  Life  of  Stepney." 


On   Dr.    Thomas    Sheridan,    who    died   a.d.    1738, 
aged  54 : — 

"  Beneath  this  marble  stone  here  lies 
Poor  Tom,  more  merry  much  than  wise ; 
Who  only  liv'd  for  two  great  ends, 
To  spend  his  cash  and  lose  his  friends ;  " 
His  darling  wife,  of  him  bereft, 
Is  only  griev'd  there's  nothing  left." 


Bernard  Barton,  the  sweet  poet  of  Woodbridge, 
lies  buried  in  an  humble  and  unmarked  grave,  in  the 
burying-ground  belonging  to  the  Quakers,  at  the  above 
place. 


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Clara  Reeve,  authoress  of  "  The  Old  English  Baron" 
and  many  other  works,  died  Dec.,  1803,  aged  78,  and 
was  buried  in  St.  Stephen's  churchyard,  Ipswich,  near 
to  the  grave  of  her  friend  the  Rev.  Mr.  Derby,  whoso 
tomb  has  a  Latin  inscription,  now  almost  obliterated ; 
but  all  trace  of  the  exact  burying  place  of  Clara  Reeve 
has  long  since  disappeared. 


Aphra  Behn,  the  authoress  of  17  plays,  besides 
poems,  tales,  love-letters,  and  translations  both  in  prose 
and  verse,  died  in  1689,  and  was  buried  in  the  cloisters 
of  Westminster  Abbey,  where  this  inscription  appeared 


on  her  gravestone  : — 


Here  lies  a  proof  that  wit  can  never  be 
Defence  enough  against  mortality." 


Inscription  on  the  stone  over  the  grave  of  the  Rev. 
James  Hervey,  the  popular  author  of  "Meditations," 
&c,  in  the  churchyard  of  Wcston-Favell,  Northampton- 
shire : — 

"  Here  lie  the  Remains 

of  the  Rev.  James  Hervey,  M.A. 

late  Rector  of  this  Parish, 

that  very  pious  man 
And  much  admired  Author, 
Who   died   Dec.    25th,    1758, 
In  the  45th  year  of  his  age. 

Reader,  expect  no  more  to  make  him  known, 
Vain  the  fond  elegy  and  figur'd  stone  ; 
A  name  more  lasting  shall  his  writings  give, 
There  view  displayed  his  heavenly  soul,  and  live." 


Edmund  Waller,  the  poet,  and  nephew  of  the  great 
Hampden,  was  buried  in  Beaconsfield  churchyard,  where 
there  is  a  monument  erected  to  his  memory,  containing 
a  long  inscription  in  Latin  on  each  of  the  four  sides. 
That  on  the  east  side  is  thus  translated  :  — 


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"  Edmund  "Waller,  to  whom  this  marble  is  sacred, 
was  a  native  of  Colcshill,  and  a  student  at  Cambridge, 
his  father  was  Robert ;  his  mother  of  the  Hampden 
family,  he  was  born  the  30th  of  March,  1605.  His 
first  wife  was  Anne,  only  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Edward  Banks.  Twice  made  a  father  by  his  first  wife, 
and  13  times  by  his  second,  whom  he  survived  8  years; 
he  died  the  21st  of  October,  1687." 


Thomas  Tickell,  an  English  poet,  died  in  1 740,  aged 
54  ;  and  the  following  is  inscribed  on  a  monument  at 
Gasnevin,  in  Ireland  (by  Dr.  Clancy) : — 

"Read  Tickell' s  name,  and  gently  tread  the  clay 
Where  lie  his  sole  remains  that  could  decay : 
Then  pensive  sigh,  and  through  fair  science  trace 
His  mind,  adorn' d  with  every  pleasing  grace, — 
"Worth,  such  as  Rome  would  have  confess' d  her  own ; 
Wit,  such  as  Athens  would  have  proudly  shown. 
Substance  to  thought,  and  weight  to  fancy  join'dj 
A  judgment  perfect,  and  a  taste  refin'd. 
Admired  by  Gay,  by  Addison  belov'd ; 
Esteemed  by  Swift,  by  Pope  himself  appro v'd ; 
His  spirit,  rais'd  by  that  sublime  he  knew, 
Hence  to  the  seat  of  bright  perfection  flew ; 
Leaving,  to  sorrowful  Cletilda  here, 
A  mournful  heart,  and  never  ceasing  tear." 


The  tomb  of  Thomas  Paute,  the  infidel,  who  died  June 
8th,  1809,  aged  72:— 

"Xot  far  from  Xew  Rochelle,  is  the  property  which 
the  government  of  the  United  States,  presented  to  Tom 
Palne  after  his  return  to  the  United  States,  subsequent 
to  the  French  Revolution.  W^e  frequently  passed  Iris 
tomb  on  the  road-side,  inclosed  within  a  bit  of  circular 
stone  wall.  The  surface  of  the  interior  looks  very  much 
as  if  Mr.  Cobbett  had  actually  earned  off  Mr.  Paine's 
bones ;  for  it  is  in  an  uneven  and  disordered  state,  though 
now  producing  very  beautiful  wild  flowers.  It  happens 
strangely  that,  on  the  part  of  the  high-road  immediately 
opposite  to  this  burying-ground,  there  is  a  Methodist 
meeting-house'." — Abridged  from  Stuarfs  N.  America. 


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William  Collins,  the  poet,  died  in  1756,  aged  36, 
and  was  buried  in  St.  Andrew's,  Chichester.  Dr.  John- 
son says  in  his  "Lives  of  the  Poets,"  that  while 
Collins  studied  to  live,  he  felt  no  evil  but  poverty ;  and 
that  he  no  sooner  lived  to  study,  than  his  life  was  assailed 
by  more  dreadful  calamities,  disease  and  insanity.  The 
following  is  inscribed  on  a  monument  ( by,  Plaxman) 
erected  to  his  memory  in  Chichester  Cathedral,  and 
written  by  Mr.  Hayley : — 

"  Ye  who  the  merits  of  the  dead  revere, 
Who  hold  misfortune  sacred,  genius  dear, 
Eegard  this  tomb,  where  Collins'  hapless  name  ! 
Solicits  kindness  with  a  double  claim. 
Though  nature  gave  him,  and  though  science  taught 
The  fire  of  fancy,  and  the  reach  of  thought ; 
Severely  doom'd  to  penury's  extreme, 
He  pass'd  in  maddening  pains  life's  feverish  dream; 
While  rays  of  genius  only  serv'd  to  show 
The  thickening  horror,  and  exalt  his  woe. 
Ye  walls  that  echoed  to  his  frantic  moan, 
Guard  the  due  record  of  this  grateful  stone. 
Strangers  to  him,  enamour' d  of  his  lays, 
This  fond  memorial  to  his  talents  raise  ; 
For  this  the  ashes  of  a  bard  require, 
Who  touch' d  the  tenderest  notes  of  Pity's  lyre, 
Who  join'd  pure  faith  to  strong  poetic  powers, 
Who,  in  reviving  reason's  lucid  hours, 
Sought  on  one  book*  his  troubled  mind  to  rest, 
And  rightly  deem'd  the  book  of  God  the  best." 


On  a  Grecian  tablet  of  white  marble,  in  the  chancel 
of  Hucknall  church,  is  the  following  inscription  to  the 
memory  of  Lord  Byron  : — 

"  In  the  vault  beneath 

Where  many  of  his  ancestors  and  his  mother  are  buried, 

Lie  the  remains  of 


*  The  English  Testament.     Dr.  Johnson  visited  him,  and  found  him  with 
it.    "I  have  but  one  book  "  said  Collins,  "  but  that  is  the  best." 


291 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


George  Gordon  Noel  Byron, 

Lord  Byron  of  Kochdale, 

In  the  County  of  Lancaster  : 

The  Author  of  <  Childe  Harold's  Pilgrimage.' 

He  was  born  in  London,  on  the 

22nd  of  January,  1788; 

He  died  at  Missolonghi,  in  Western  Greece, 

On  the  19th  of  April,  1824, 

Engaged  in  the  glorious  attempt  to  restore  that 

country  to  her  ancient  freedom  and  renown. 

His  sister,  the  Honourable 

Augusta  Mary  Leigh, 

Placed  this  Tablet  to  his  Memory." 


My   epitaph.     Made  when  ill,    in    1810    (by  Lord 
Byron) : — 

"  Youth,  Nature,  and  relenting  Jove, 
To  keep  my  lamp  in,  strongly  strove ; 
But  Bomanelli  was  so  stout, 
He  beat  all  three — and  blew  it  out." 


"Lord  Byron's  wishes  respecting  his  epitaph. — In  Lord 
Byron's  will,  drawn  up  in  1811,  he  directed  that  'no 
inscription,  save  his  name  and  age,  should  be  written  on 
his  Tomb  ; '  and  in  1819,  he  wrote  thus  to  Mr.  Murray, 
'  Some  of  the  Epitaphs  at  the  Certosa  Cemetery,  at 
Ferrara,  pleased  me  more  than  the  more  splendid  monu- 
ments at  Bologna,  for  instance, — 

'Martini  Luigi 

Implora  pace.' 

Can  any  thing  be  more  full  of  pathos  ?  I  hope  whoever 
may  survive  me,  will  sec  those  two  words,  and  no  more 
put  over  me.' " — Byron's  Life,  ly  Moore,  Jeffrey,  Scott,  8fc. 


On  the  monument  of  Bichard,  the  second  Lord  Byron, 
who  lies  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Hucknall-Torkard 
church,  Nottinghamshire,  is  the  following  inscription: — 


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"  Beneath,  in  a  vault,  is  interred  the  body  of  Bichaed, 
Lord  Byron,  who,  with  the  rest  of  his  family,  being 
seven  brothers,  faithfully  served  King  Charles  the  First, 
in  the  civil  wars,  who  suffered  much  for  their  loyalty, 
and  lost  all  their  present  fortunes ;  yet  it  pleased  God 
so  to  bless  the  humble  endeavours  of  the  said  Richard, 
Lord  Byron,  that  he  re-purchased  part  of  their  ancient 
inheritance,  which  he  left  to  his  posterity,  with  a 
laudable  memory  for  his  great  piety  and  charity." 


The  grave  of  Chatterton,  the  poet,  who  died  by 
poison,  Aug.,  1770,  in  his  18th  year. — A  correspondent 
of  the  "  Bristol  Mercury"  whose  friend  visited  Shoe 
Lane  "Workhouse  to  ascertain,  if  possible,  the  precise 
spot  that  covers  the  remains  of  this  our  much-lamented 
bard,  gives  the  following  as  the  result : — 

"  I  have  paid  a  visit  to  Shoe- Lane  Workhouse  :  but 
all  endeavours  to  trace  which  had  been  the  resting-place 
of  that  unfortunate  and  ill-treated  youth,  would  be 
useless.  A  stone  in  the  wall  informs  you,  that  in  Anno 
Domini  18 —  the  bones  of  all  the  inmates  of  that  bury- 
ing-ground  were  collected,  and  thrown  into  one  huge 
grave,  which  is  in  the  centre  of  the  ground.  There, 
therefore,  moulder  his  bones,  undistinguishable  from 
the  many." 


Inscription  on  the   monument  of  John  Locke,   the 

celebrated  philosopher,  at  Stow,  Buckinghamshire  : — 

"John  Locke, 

Who  best  of  all  philosophers 

Understood  the  power  of  the  human  mind ; 

The  nature,  end,  and  bound  of  civil  government ; 

And  with  equal  courage  and  sagacity,  refuted 

the  slavish  system  of  usurp'd  authority 

over  the  rights,  the  consciences, 

or  the  reason  of  mankind. 
Born  1632,   and  died  1704." 


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In  the  Abbey  church,  Bath,  Somersetshire  : — 

"  In  this  City  lived  and  died  Sarah,  second  daughter 
of  General  Henry  Fielding  ;  by  his  first  wife,  daughter 
of  Judge  Gould. 

Whose  writings  will  be  known 
As  incentives  to  virtue  and  honour  to  her  sex, 

When  this  marble  shall  be  dust. 

She  was  born  MDCCXIY,  and  died  April, 

MDCCLXVIII. 

Her  unaffected  manners,  candid  mind, 

Her  heart  benevolent  and  soul  resign' d, 

Were  more  her  praise  than  all  she  knew  or  thought, 

Though  Athens'  wisdom  to  her  sex  she  taught. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Hoadley,  her  Friend,  for  the  honour  of  the 
Dead,  and  emulation  of  the  Living,  inscribes  this  deficient 
Memorial  of  her  virtues  and  accomplishments" 


Copied  from  the  preface  of  the  Eton  Greek  Grammar, 
prepared  for  the  press  by  Wir.  Boswoeth,  of  Queen's 
College,  Cambridge  (who  died  June  19,  1825,  aged  25 
years),  and  published  by  his  brother  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bos- 
worth,'  F.R.S.,  1826:— 

"  A  constant  attention  to  the  expansion  of  the  mental 
powers,  and  an  anxious  care  to  provide  for  the  physical 
wants,  from  early  years,  naturally  add  to  a  brotherly,  a 
paternal  feeling.  Those  who  have  been  placed  in  a 
similar  position,  will  scarcely  blame  the  introduction  of 
the  following  lines,  composed  by  a  pupil  of  the  editor's 
(The  Rev.  Dr.  Bosworth)  lamented  Brother,  and  now 
engraved  on  his  monument,  in  Etwall  Churchyard, 
Derbyshire : — 

1  Taste,  virtue,  talent,  industry,  combined, 
At  once  ennobled,  and  adorned  his  mind  ; 
And  though,  with  tender  care,  a  brother's  hand 
Had  caused  the  buds  of  genius  to  expand ; 
Though  Heaven  its  dews  and  genial  warmth  supplied, 
The  tree,  alas !  scarce  blossom'd  ere  it  died. 
But  not  for  ever ! — Faith  ev'n  now  can  see 
Its  branches  flourish  in  Eternity.'  " 


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Matthew  Prior  died  at  Wimpolc,  and  was  buried 
in  Westminster  Abbey.  He  left  £500  for  a  monument 
to  be  erected  to  his  memory  in  the  Abbey,  which  was 
accordingly  done ;  it  consists  of  a  bust  resting  on  a 
sarcophagus,  supported  by  Thalia  and  History ;  at  the 
top  are  two  infants.  On  the  monument  is  a  long  in- 
scription in  Latin,  giving  a  detail  of  the  principal 
events  of  his  life,  which  is  thus  translated  : — 

"  Whilst  he  was  planning  a  history  of  his  own  times, 
a  slow  fever  put  an  end  to  his  life,  Sep.  18,  1721,  in 
the  57th  year  of  his  age.  The  accomplished  person 
who  is  here  interred,  was  Secretary  to  King  William 
and  Queen  Mary,  at  the  Congress  of  the  Confederates 
held  at  the  Hague,  1690,  to  the  British  Embassy  at  the 
peace  of  Ryswick,  1697,  to  that  of  France  the  year 
following,  and  likewise  the  same  year,  in  1698,  in 
Ireland.  In  1700  he  was  appointed  a  commissioner  of 
Trade  and  Plantations,  and  in  1711,  of  the  Customs. 
In  1 7 1 1  he  was  sent  by  Queen  Anne  (of  glorious  memory) 
as  Plenipotentiary  to  Louis  14th,  King  of  France, 
for  confirming  that  Peace  which  still  continues,  and  of 
which  all  good  men  wish  the  continuation.  Matthew 
Prior,  Esq.,  whose  learning,  wit,  and  humanity,  did 
him  more  honour  than  all  the  posts  which  he  filled  with 
so  much  applause.  His  natural  inclination  to  learning 
received  its  polish  in  the  school  near  this  Abbey  :  the 
superior  sciences  he  studied,  with  distinguished  success, 
at  St.  John's  College,  in  Cambridge ;  and  these  advan- 
tages were  completed  by  the  conversation  of  eminent 
persons.  With  such  a  genius  and  education,  he  perse- 
vered in  cultivating  the  Muses ;  and  after  the  seriousness 
of  politics,  used  to  relax  his  mind  in  the  amenities  of 
polite  literature.  Happy  in  all  kinds  of  Poetry,  in  tales 
unequalled  ;  and  these  were  rather  easy  entertainments 
than  laboured  compositions.  This  appeared  more  con- 
spicuous to  his  acquaintance,  from  his  facility,  copious- 
ness, and  elegance  in  conversation,  which  was  neither 
stiff  or  forced ;  but  all  seemed  to  flow  from  an  exuberant 
natural  source ;  which  has  left  it  a  question,  whether 
he  was  a  better  poet  or  companion." 

"  For  my  own  Monument  (by  Matthew  Prior)  : — 
As  doctors  give  physic  by  way  of  prevention, 
Matt,  alive  and  in  health,  of  his  tombstone  took  care  ; 


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For  delays  are  unsafe,  and  his  pious  intention 
May  haply  be  never  fulfilled  by  his  heir. 

Then  take  Matt's  word  for  it,  the  sculptor  is  paid  : 
That  the  figure  is  fine  *  pray  believe  your  own  eye, 
Yet  credit  but  lightly  what  more  may  be  said, 
For  we  flatter  ourselves,  and  teach  marble  to  lie. 

Yet  counting  as  far  as  to  fifty  his  years, 

His  virtues  and  vices  were  as  other  men's  are ; 

High  hopes  he  conceived,  and  he  smother' d  great  fears, 

In  a  life  partly  colour' d,  half  pleasure,  half  care. 

ISFot  to  business  a  drudge,  not  to  faction  a  slave, 
He  strove  to  make  interest  and  freedom  agree ; 
In  public  employments  industrious  and  grave, 
And  alone  with  his  friends,  lord,  how  merry  was  he. 

Now  in  equipage  stately,  now  humbly  on  foot, 
Both  fortunes  he  tried,  but  to  neither  would  trust; 
And  whirl' d  in  the  round  as  the  wheel  tum'd  about, 
He  found  riches  had  wings,  and  knew  man  was  but  dust. 

His  verse  little  polish' d,  though  mighty  sincere, 
Sets  neither  his  titles  nor  merits  to  view ; 
It  says  that  his  relics  collected  lie  here, 
And  no  mortal  yet  knows  if  this  may  be  true. 

Fierce  robbers  there  are  that  infest  the  highway, 
So  Matt  may  be  kill'd  and  his  bones  never  found ; 
False  witness  at  court,  and  fierce  tempests  at  sea, 
So  Matt  may  yet  chance  to  be  hang'd  or  be  drown'd. 

If  his  bones  lie  in  earth,  roll  in  sea,  fly  in  air, 
To  Fate  we  must  yield,  and  the  thing  is  the  same ; 
And  if  passing  thou  giv'st  him  a  smile  or  a  tear, 
He  cares  not — yet  pr'ythee  be  kind  to  his  fame." 


For  my  own  tombstone  (by  Matthew  Prior.) — Dean 
Atterbury  refused  to  have  this  inscribed  on  his  monu- 
ment : — 

"  To  me  'twas  given  to  die ;  to  thee  'tis  given 
To  live  :  alas  !  one  moment  sets  us  even. 
Mark!  how  impartial  is  the  will  of  Heaven." 


*  Alluding  to  the  busto,  carved  by  the  famous  Coriveaux,  at  Paris,  on  his 
monument  in  Westminster  Abbcv. 


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'  Extempore  epitaph  (by  Matt  Prior) : — 

"  Nobles  and  Heralds,  by  your  leave, 
Here  lies  what  once  was  Matthew  Prior, 
The  son  of  Adam  and  of  Eve, 
Can  Stuart  or  Nassau  claim  higher  "  ?  * 

It  is  supposed  Prior  borrowed  the  extempore  epitaph 
from  a  very  ancient  one  inscribed  on  a  tombstone  in 
Scotland,  to  Johnie  Carnagie  : — 

"  Johnie  Carnagie  lyes  here, 
Descended  of  Adam  and  Eve 
If  any  can  gang  higher 

He  willingly  gives  him  leave." 


On  Henry  Kjrke  "White,  the  poet  :— 

"  Inscription 

By  William  Smyth,  Esq. 

Professor  of  Modern  History,  Cambridge, 

On  a  Monumental  Tablet, 

With  a  Medallion  by  Chantrey, 

Erected  in  All  Saints'  Church,  Cambridge, 

at  the  expense  of  Erancis  Pott,  Esq. 

Of  Boston,  United  States. 

Henry  Kirke  White 
Born  March  21st,  1785  ;  Died  October  10th,  1806. 

Warm  with  fond  hope,  and  learning's  sacred  flame 
To  Granta's  bowers  the  youthful  Poet  came ; 
Unconquer'd  powers,  th'immortal  mind  display' d, 
But  worn  with  anxious  thought  the  frame  decay 'd: 
Pale  o'er  his  lamp,  and  in  his  cell  retir'd, 


The  publication  of  which,  produced  the  following  epigram 

"Hold,  hold,  friend  Matthew,  by  your  leave, 
Your  epitaph  is  somewhat  odd  ; 
Stuart  and  you  are  sons  of  Eve 
But  Nassau  is— a  son  of  God." 


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The  Martyr  student  faded  and  expir'd. 
0  Genius,  Taste,  and  Piety  sincere, 
Too  early  lost,  midst  duties  too  severe  ; 
Foremost  to  mourn  was  generous  Southey  seen, 
He  told  the  tale,  and  show'd  what  White  had  been, 
Nor  told  in  vain — far  o'er  the  Atlantic  wave, 
A  "Wanderer  came  and  sought  the  Poet's  grave, 
On  yon  low  stone  he  saw  his  lonely  name, 
And  raised  this  fond  memorial  to  his  fame. 

W.  S." 


A  literary  epitaph. — A  literary  gentleman,  lately 
deceased,  ordered  the  following  short,  but  emphatic 
epitaph  to  be  engraven  on  his  tombstone  : — 

"FINIS." 


Oliver  Goldsmith  was  buried  in  St.  Mary's  church, 
Inner  Temple.  A  monument  is  erected  to  his  memory 
in  "Westminster  Abbey,  with  a  Latin  inscription  (by  Dr. 
Johnson),  of  which  the  following  is  a  translation  : — 

"  By  the  love  of  his  associates, 

The  fidelity  of  his  friends 

And  the  veneration  of  his  readers, 

This  monument  is  raised 

To  the  Memory  of 

Oliver  Goldsmith, 

A  poet,  a  natural  philosopher,  and  an  historian. 

Who  left  no  species  of  writing  untouched  by 

his  pen ; 

Nor  touched  any  that  he  did  not  adorn ; 

Whether  smiles  or  tears  were  to  be  excited, 

He  was  a  powerful  yet  gentle  master 

Over  the  affections ; 

Of  a  genius  at  once  sublime,  lively,  and 

equal  to  every  subject ; 

In  expression  at  once  lofty,  elegant,  and  graceful. 

He  was  born  in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland, 


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At  a  place  called  Pallas,  in  the  parish  of  Forney, 

And  county  of  Longford 

29th  November,  1731* 

Educated  at  Dublin, 

and  died  in  London 

4th  April,  1774." 


Izaak  Walton,  the  celebrated  author  of  the  "  Com- 
plete Angler,"  &c,  died,  aged  93,  and  was  buried 
in  Winchester  Cathedral,  where,  upon  the  stone  that 
covers  his  body,  is  inscribed  the  following : — 

"  Here  resteth  the  body  of  Mr.  Isaac  Walton,  who 
died  the  15th  Dec,  1683. 

Alas  !  he's  gone  before, 
Gone  to  return  no  more. 
Our  panting  breasts  aspire 
After  their  aged  sire, 
Whose  well-spent  life  did  last 
Full  ninety  years  and  past, 
But  now  he  hath  begun 
That  which  will  ne'er  be  done  ; 
Crowned  in  th' eternal  bliss 
We  wish  our  souls  with  his. 

Votis   modestis   sic   florunt  liberi." 


On  a  tablet  in  the  Lady  chapel  of  Worcester  Cathedral 
is  the  following  inscription,  on  Anne,  the  wife  of  Izaac 
Walton  : — 

"Here  lyeth  buried,  soe  much  as  could  die,  of  Anne, 
wife  of  Izaac  Walton,  who  was  a  woman  of  remarkable 
prudence,  and  of  the  primitive  piety :  her  great  and 
general  knowledge,  being  adorned  with  soe  much  true 
humility,  and  blest  with  soe  much  Christian  mccknesse, 
as  made  her  worthy  of  a  more  memorable  monument. 


•  Johnson  had  been  misinformed  in  these  particulars  ;  it  has  since  been 
ascertained  that  he  was  born  at  Elphin,  in  the  county  of  Roscommon, 
Nov.  29th,  1728. 


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She  died  (alas,  that  she  is  dead  ! )  the  1 7th  of 
April,  1662,  aged  52. 

Study  to  be  like  her." 


The  last  days  of  Robert  Eergusson,  the  poet,  were 
passed  in  a  madhouse.  He  was  buried  in  Canongate 
churchyard,  where  a  monument  is  erected  to  his  memory. 
It  consists  of  a  simple  stone,  placed  perpendicularly. 
On  one  side  of  it  is  inscribed  : — 

".By  special  grant  of  the  managers  to  Robert  Burns, 
who  erected  this  stone,  this  burial  place  is  to  remain  for 
ever  sacred  to  the  memory  of  Robert  Eergusson." 

On  the  other  side  is  the  following  inscription  ( by 
Robert  Bums) : — 

"Here  Lies 

Robert  Eergusson,  Poet, 

Born  September  5th,  1751.     Died  16th  October,  1774. 

No  sculp tur'd  marble  here,   nor  pompous  lay, 
'  No  storied  urn  nor  animated  bust.' 

This  simple  stone  directs  pale  Scotia's  way 
To  pour  her  sorrows  o'er  her  poet's  dust." 


Over  the  monument  of  Eergusson  has  been  placed  a 
tribute  to  Burns  himself,  with  this  inscription  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Robert  Burns,  the  Ayrshire  bard. 

0,  Robbie  Burns  !  the  man,  the  brithcr  ! — 
And  art  thou  gone,  and  gone  for  ever  ? 
And  hast  thou  cross' d  that  unknown  river 

Life's  dreary  bound? 
Like  thee,  where  shall  we  find  anithcr, 

The  world  around  ? 

Go  to  your  sculp  tur'd  tombs  ye  great, 
In  a'  the  tinsel  trash  of  state  ! 
But  by  the  honest  turf  I'll  wait, 

Thou  man  of  worth  ! 
And  weep  the  sweetest  poet's  fate 

E'er  lived  on  earth." 


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On  Robert  Burns'  father  (by  the  poet)  : — 

0,  ye,  whose  cheek  the  tear  of  pity  stains, 

Draw  near  with  pious  reverence  and  attend  : 
Here  lie  the  loving  husband's  dear  remains, 

The  tender  father  and  the  generous  friend  ; 
The  pitying  heart  that  felt  for  human  woe, 

The  dauntless  heart  that  feared  no  human  pride  ; 
The  friend  of  man,  to  vice  alone  a  foe  ; 

'  For  ev'n  his  failings  lean'd  to  virtue's  side.'  "  * 


On  the  good  John  Evelyn,  Esq. — John  Evelyn  was 
born  in  1620;  he  was  the  author  of  several  works  on 
"  Forest  Trees,"  "  Gardening,"  &c,  and  a  very  pious 
man.  "When  Peter  the  Great  of  Eussia  came  to  Dept- 
ford,  to  study  the  art  of  ship -building,  he  hired  Evelyn's 
house,  and  made  it  his  court  and  palace.  In  1695  he 
(Evelyn)  laid  the  foundation  stone  of  Greenwich  Hos- 
pital. He  died  on  the  27th  of  February,  1706,  in  full 
hope  of  a  glorious  resurrection,  through  faith  in  Jesus 
Christ,  and  was  buried  at  Wotton ;  on  his  monument, 
after  a  brief  sketch  of  his  life,  are  these  words  : — 


"  Living  in  an  age  of  extraordinary 
events   and   revolutions,   he   learnt 

(as  himself  asserted)  this  Truth, 

which   pursuant   to   his   intention 

is  here  declared, — 

That  all  is  vanity  which  is  not  honest, 

and  that  there  is  no  solid  wisdom, 

but  in  real  piety." 


Mrs.  Evelyn's  remains  were  deposited  near  those  of 
her  husband  in  the  family  dormitory,  adjoining  Wotton 
church,  in  Surrey.  A  white  marble  tablet  records  her 
character,  by  the  following  inscription  : — 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  Mary  Evelyn-,  the  best  daughter,  wife,  and  mother ; 
the  most  accomplished  of  women,  beloved,  esteemed, 
admired,  and  regretted  by  all  who  knew  her,  is  depo- 
sited in  this  stone  coffin,  according  to  her  own  desire, 
as  near  as  could  be  to  her  dear  husband,  John  Evelyn, 
with  whom  she  lived  almost  three-score  years,  and  sur- 
vived not  quite  three,  dying  at  London,  the  9th  of  Feb., 
1708-9,  in  the  74th  year  of  her  age." 


John  Gabriel  Stedman,  the  author  of  the  interesting 
"  Narrative  of  an  Expedition  against  the  Revolted 
Negroes  of  Surinam,"  died  at  Tiverton,  in  1797,  aged 
52.  He  was  buried  at  Bickley,  in  Devonshire,  with 
this  epitaph  (written  by  himself)  over  his  tomb  : — 

"  This  Stedman  leaves  to  you, 
'  As  you'd  be  done  by,  do ;' 
The  rest,  memento  mori 

Here  ends  poor  Stedman' s  story." 


Samuel  Taylor  Coleridge,  the  poet,  died  July  25th, 
1834,  aged  61,  and  was  interred  in  the  new  church,  at 
Highgate;  in  which  place  an  excellent  marble  tablet 
has  been  placed  to  his  memory.  Shortly  before  his 
death  he  composed  the  following  epitaph  for  himself : — 

"Stop,  Christian  passer-by;  stop,  child  of  God, 
And  read,  with  gentle  breast.     Beneath  this  sod 
A  poet  lies,  or  that  which  once  seemed  he ; — 
0,  lift  a  prayer  in  thought  for  S.  T.  C.  ! 
That  he  who  many  a  year  with  toil  of  breath, 
Found  death  in  life, — may  here  find  life  in  death  ! 
Mercy  for  praise, — to^be  forgiven,  for  fame 

He  asked,  and  hoped  through  Christ.    Do  thou  the  same.'' 


Monument  to  Thomas  Croeton  Croker,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 
— Kirby  Wharf  church,  near  Tadcaster,  in  Yorkshire, 
stands  at  the  corner  of  Grimston  Park,  and  is  the  place 
of  family  worship  of  Lord  Londesborough.     The  monu- 


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POETS  AND  AUTHOItS.      |' 


mcnt  is  placed  on  the  wall,   exactly  opposite  his  lord- 
ship's pew ;   it  is  chaste  and  simple  in  design,   its  only 
ornament  being  a  palm  branch  : — 
"  In  Memory  of 
Thomas  Crofton  Choker,  Esq., 
The  amiable  and  accomplished 
Author  of  the  '  Fairy  Legends  of  Ireland,' 
And  other  works, 
Literary  and  Antiquarian, 
This  Tablet  is  erected  by  his  Friend 
Lord  Londesborough. 
1855" 


Epitaph  designed  for  a  monument,  in  Lichfield  cathe- 
dral, at  the  burial-place  of  Miss  Seward,  a  talented 
English  authoress,  who  died  at  the  Episcopal  Palace,  at 
Lichfield,  in  1809,  aged  62  (by  Sir  "Walter  Scott)  :— 

"  Amid  these  aisles,  where  once  his  precepts  showed 
The  Heavenward  pathway  which  in  life  he  trod, 
This  simple  tablet  marks  a  Father's  bier, 
And  those  he  lov'd  in  life,  in  death  are  near ; 
For  him,  for  them,  a  Daughter  bade  it  rise, 
Memorial  of  domestic  charities. 
Still  would' st  thou  know  why  o'er  the  marble  spread, 
In  female  grace  the  willow  droops  her  head ; 
Why  on  her  branches,  silent  and  unstrung, 
The  minstrel  harp  is  emblematic  hung ; 
What  poet's  voice  is  smothered  here  in  dust 
Till  waked  to  join  the  chorus  of  the  just, — 
Lo  !  one  brief  line  an  answer  sad  supplies, 
Honour' d,  belov'd,  and  mourn' d,  here  Seward  lies  ! 
Her  worth,  her  warmth  of  heart,  let  friendship  say, — 
Go  seek  her  genius  in  her  living  lay." 


On  Miss  Hannah   More   and  her   four  sisters,    at 
Wrington,  Somersetshire  : — ■ 


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EPlTAniS,  ETC. 


"  Sacred 

To  the  Memory  of 

Hannah  More  ; 

She  was  born  in  the  Parish  of  Stapleton,   near  Bristol, 

A.D.,  1745; 

And  died  at  Clifton,  September  7th,  A.D.,  1833. 

Endowed  with  great  intellectual  powers, 

And  Early  Distinguished  by  the  Success 

of  her  Literary  Labours, 

She  entered  the  world  under  circumstances 

Tending  to  fix  Her  affections  on  its  vanities; 

But,  Instructed  in  the  School  of  Christ 

To  Form  a  just  Estimate  of  the  real  end  of  Human 

Existence,  She  Chose  the  Better  Part, 

And   Consecrated   Her   Time   and   Talents 

To  the  Glory  of  God  and  the  Good  of  Her  "Fellow 

Creatures,  in  a  Life  of  Practical  Piety, 

And  Diffusive  Beneficence. 

Her  Numerous  "Writings  in  Support  of  Religion  &  Order, 

At  a  Crisis  when  both  were  Rudely  Assailed, 

"Were  equally  Edifying  To  Readers  of  all  Classes, 

At  Once  Delighting  The  "Wise 

And  Instructing  the  Ignorant  and  Simple. 

In  the  eighty-ninth  year  of  Her  Age, 

Beloved  By  Her  Friends,  And  Venerated  by  the  Public, 

She  Closed  Her  Career  of  Usefulness 

In  Humble  Reliance  On  the  Mercies  of  God, 

Through  Faith  in  the  Merits  of  Her  Redeemer. 

Her  Mortal  Remains  are  Deposited  in  a  Vault  in  This 

Churchyard,  which  also  Contains  those  of  Her  Four 

Sisters,  "Who  Resided  with  Her,  at  Barley  "Wood,  in  this 

Parish,  Her  Favourite  Abode,  And  who  Actively 

Co-operated  in  Her  unwearied  Acts  of 

Christian  Benevolence. 

Mart  More  died  18th  April,  1813,  Aged  75  years. 
Elizabeth  More  died  16th  June,  1816,  Aged  76  years. 
Sarah  More  died  17th  May,  1817,  Aged  74  years. 
Martha  More  died  16th  Sept.,  1819,  Aged  60  years. 


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POETS  AND  AUTHORS.      (* 


This  Monument  is  Erected  out  of  a  Subscription 

For  a  Public  Memorial  to  Hannah  More, 

Of  which  the  Greater  Part  is  Devoted  to  the  Erection  of 

A  School  in  the  Populous  And  Destitute  Out  Parish 

Of  St.  Philip  and  Jacob,  Bristol. 

To  the  Better  Endowment  of  whose  District  Church 
She  Bequeathed  the  Residue  of  Her  Property." 


On  Ralph  Brooke,  the  antiquarian,  in  Reculver 
church.  In  the  choir  of  the  church  is  an  epitaph  to 
Ralph  Brooke,  an  English  antiquarian.  He  became 
York -herald,  and  having  discovered  several  errors  in 
Camden's  Britannioa,  he  politely  sent  them  to  him  in  a 
letter,  but  the  other  treating  him  rather  rudely  for  his 
kindness,  he  published  them.  The  following  is  the 
epitaph : — 

"Here  under,  quit -of  worldly  miseries, 
Ralph  Brooke,  Esquire,  late  Yorke-herald  lies, 
Fifteenth  of  October  he  was  last  alive, 
One  thousande  sixe  hundred  twenty  five  : 
Seventy- three  ycares  bore  he  fortune's  harmes, 
And  forty-five  an  officer  of  armes  : 
He  married  Thomasin,  daughter  of  Michael  Cob,  of  Kent, 
Sergiant  of  armes,  by  whom  two  daughters  he  was  lent ; 
Surviving  Mary,  William  Dicken's  wife, 
Thomasin,  John  Ectons  ;  happy  be  their  life." 


John  Wickltffe,  the  morning  star  of  the  Reforma- 
tion, died  in  1384,  and  was  buried  in  Lutterworth  church, 
in  Leicestershire,  but  after  he  had  slept  peacefully  in  his 
grave  for  44  years,  his  bones  were  disinterred,  publicly 
burnt,  and  the  ashes  thrown  into  the  neighbouring  river, 
Swift. 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  Ely  Bates,  the  well 
known  author  of  "  Rural  Philosophy"  and  other  works 
of  a  religious  and  moral  tendency,  in  Bath  Abbey 
church : — 


3Q5 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"Ask  not  who  ended  here  his  span; 
His  name,  reproach,  and  praise,  was  Man  ! 
Did  no  great  deeds  adorn  his  course, 
No  deeds  to  swell  the  poet's  verse  ? 
To  courts  and  camps  alike  unknown,  \ 
To  senates,  or  the  bustling  town  :        j 
Retirement  claim' d  him  for  her  own.  J 
Warn'd  by  Heaven's  kind  though  secret  voice, 
His  steps,  averse  from  pomp  and  noise, 
In  peaceful  solitude  he  bent, 
On  contemplation  still  intent. 
Each  topic  drew  his  active  mind, 
Nor  least  the  world  he  left  behind. 
Oft  he  survey' d  its  busy  stage  : 
Mark'd  the  great  actors  of  the  age, 
After  a  fretful  hour's  debate, 
Passing  to  their  eternal  state. 
Thus,  while  he  view' d  the  fleeting  train, 
Life  appear' d  sacred  all7  and  vain  : 

'  Sacred  how  high,  and  vain  how  low, 
He  knew  not  here — but  died  to  know ! ' 

The  above  lines  are  said  to  have  been  found  in  his 
own  handwriting,  after  his  decease,  in  1814," — Britton's 
Bath  Alley. 


Thomas  Clarkson,  immortalized  in  the  noble  lines  of 
Wordsworth,  and  one  of  the  most  distinguished  of  the 
labourers  for  the  abolition  of  Negro  Slavery,  died  and 
was  buried  at  Play  ford,  near  Ipswich.  The  inscription 
on  his  tomb  is  simply — 

"  Thomas  Clarkson, 
Born,  March  twenty- eight, 

1760, 

Died  September  twenty- six, 

1846." 


On  Sir  "Walter  Raleigh,  who  was  beheaded,  aged 
66  years.  At  the  extremity  of  one  of  the  side  aisles  in 
St.  Margaret's  church,  Westminster,  is  a  tablet  with  the 
following  inscription  : — 


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PORTS  ANT)  AUTHORS. 


"  Within  the  walls  of  this  church  was  deposited  the 
body  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  Kt.,  on  the  day  he  was 
beheaded  in  the  old  Palace  Yard,  Westminster,  Oct.  18, 
a.d.  1818. 

Reader,  should  you  reflect  on  his  errors, 
Remember  his  many  virtues 
And  that  he  was  a  mortal.  "  * 


The  following  epitaph  is  said  to  have  been  written 
by  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  the  night  before  his  execu- 
tion : — 

"Ev'n  such  is  time  which  takes  on  trust, 
Our  youth  and  joys,  and  all  we  have 
And  pays  us  but  with  age  and  dust ; 
Which  in  the  dark  and  silent  grave, 
When  we  have  wandered  all  our  ways, 
Shuts  up  the  story  of  our  days ; 
And  from  which  earth,  and  grave  and  dust, 
The  Lord  shall  raise  me  up,  I  trust." 


On  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  at  Stow,  Bucks  : — 

"  A  valiant  soldier,  and  an  able  statesman, 

Who,  endeavouring  to  rouse  the  spirit  of  his  master, 

For  the  honour  of  his  country, 

Against  the  ambition  of  Spain ; 

Fell  a  sacrifice  to  the  influence  of  that  court, 

Whose  arms  he  had  vanquished, 

And  whose  designs  he  opposed." 


Ned  Purdon,  the  translator  of  Voltaire's  Henriade, 
was  educated  at  Trinity  college,  Dublin  :  but  having 
wasted   his   patrimony,   he   enlisted  as  a   foot- soldier. 


*  His  head  was  preserved  in  a  case  by  his  widow,  who  survived  him  29 
years,  and  after  his  death,  by  his  son  Carew,  with  whom  it  is  said  to  have 
been  buried  at  West  Horsley,  in  Surrey. 


30* 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Growing  tired  of  that  employment,  he  obtained  his  dis- 
charge, and  became  a  scribbler  in  the  newspapers.  The 
following  is  his  epitaph  (written by  Oliver  Goldsmith) : — 

"Here  lies  poor  Ned  Ptjkdon,  from  misery  freed, 
Who  long  was  a  bookseller's  hack ; 
He  led  such  a  damnable  life  in  this  world, 
I  don't  think  he'll  wish  to  come  back." 


William  Camden,  the  celebrated  antiquarian,  was 
buried  in  Westminster  Abbey,  and  the  inscription  on 
his  monument  is  translated  thus  :  — 

"  Here  lies,  in  certain  hope  of  a  resurrection  inlChrtst, 

William    Camden, 

By  Queen  Elizabeth  created  Clarenceux,  king  at  arms. 

An  indefatigable,   judicious,   and  impartial   researcher 

Into  the  British  antiquities. 

In  whom,  variety  of  learning,  vivacity  of  parts, 

And  the  most  candid   simplicity,    were   united. 

He  died  on  the  9th  of  November,  1623, 

In  the  73rd*  year  of  his  age.  " 


Sir  Joseph  Banks,  the  eminent  botanist,  who  accom- 
panied Captain  Cook  in  his  first  voyage  round  the  world, 
died  June  19th,  1820,  aged  77  years,  and  was  buried  in 
a  vault  towards  the  east  end  of  Heston  church,  in 
Middlesex,  but  at  the  time  we  write  (Sep.,  1856)  no 
monument  or  even  tablet  of  any  kind  has  been  erected 
to  his  memory,  and  we  have  been  most  respectfully 
informed  that  Sir  Joseph  himself  wished  no  monument 
to  be  erected. 


Jane  Austen,  the  authoress  of  six  novels,  lies  buried 
in  Winchester  Cathedral,  Avith  this  inscription  on  the 
tomb :  — 


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POETS  AND  AUTHORS. 


"  In  Memory  of  Jane  Austen, 
Youngest  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Geo.  Austen, 
formerly  Hector  of  Stevcnton,  in  this  county.  She 
departed  this  life  on  the  18th  July,  1817,  aged  41,  after 
a  long  illness  supported  with  patience  and  the  hopes  of 
a  christian  ;  the  benevolence  of  her  heart,  the  sweetness 
of  her  temper,  and  the  extraordinary  endowments  of 
her  mind,  obtained  the  regard  of  all  who  knew  her,  and 
the  warmest  love  of  her  intimate  connections. 

Their  grief  is  in  proportion  to  their  affections,  they 
know  their  loss  to  be  irreparable,  but  in  the  deepest 
affliction  they  are  consoled,  by  a  firm  though  humble 
hope,  that  her  charity,  devotion,  faith,  and  purity,  have 
rendered  her  *soul  acceptable  in  the  sight  of  her 
Redeemer." 


Inscription  upon  the  monument  of  Alexander  Pope, 
at  Twickenham  : — 

"Alexandro  Pope, 

Gulielmus  Episcopus  Glocestriensis 

Amicitiso  Causa  Fac  Cur  1761, 

Poeta  Loquitur. 

For  one  who  would  not  be  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

Heroes  and  Kings  your  distance  keep, 
In  peace  let  one  poor  poet  sleep, 
Who  never  flattered  folks  like  you, 
Let  Horace  blush  and  Virgil  too." 


Another  epitaph  by  Pope,  on  himself : — - 

Under  this  marble,  or  under  this  sill, 
Or  under  this  turf,  or  e'en  what  they  will ; 
Whatever  an  heir,  or  a  friend  in  his  stead, 
Or  any  good  creature  shall  lay  o'er  my  head, 
Lies  one  who  ne'er  cared,  and  still  cares  not  a  pin 
What  they  said,  or  may  say  of  the  mortal  within : 
But  who,  living  and  dying,  serene,  still  and  free, 
Trusts  in  God,  that  as  well  as  he  was,  he  shall  be." 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Alexander  Pope  erected  a  column  to  the  memory  of 
his  mother,  which  bore  the  following  beautiful  and 
affecting  inscription : — 

"  Teach  me  like  thee  to  think ;  and  give,  oh  give, 
That  harder,  happier  task,  like  thee  to  live. 

Ah  !  Editha  ! 

Parentum  Optima ! 

Mulierum  Amantissima ! 

Yale  ! " 


A  punning  epitaph. — Cecil  Clay,  the  counsellor  of 
Chesterfield,  caused  this  whimsical  allusion,  or  pun  upon 
his  name  to  be  put  upon  his  gravestone  ;  two  cyphers 
of  "  C.  C."  and  underneath — 

"  Sum  quod  fui." — (I  am  what  I  was.) 


The  tomb  of  the  poet  Gray's  mother  and  aunt. — In 
Stoke  churchyard,  on  a  plain  slab  covering  their  tomb, 
is  the  following  epitaph  (written  by  Thomas  Gray ): — 

"  In  the  vault  beneath 

are  deposited, 

in  hope  of  a  joyful  resurrection, 

The  remains  of 

Mary  Antrobtjs; 

she  died  unmarried, 

Nov.  5,  1749,    aged  66. 

In  the  same  pious  confidence 

Beside  her  friend  and  sister, 

Here  sleep  the  remains  of 

Dorothy  Gray, 

Widow  :  the  careful,  tender  mother 

of  Many  children ;    one  of  whom  alone 

Had'  the  misfortune  to  survive  her. 

She  died  March  11,  1753, 

aged  sixty-seven." 


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Gray  is  buried  in  this  tomb,  but  it  bears  no  mention 
of  his  name.  Mr.  Penn  has  caused  a  neat  monument 
to  be  erected  in  his  grounds  near  the  church,  to  the 
memory  of  Gray  :  it  was  raised  in  1799 — twenty-eight 
years  after  the  poet's  death.  The  monument  is  com- 
posed of  stone,  and  consists  of  a  large  sarcophagus, 
supported  on  a  square  pedestal,  with  inscriptions  on  each 
side.  Three  of  them  are  selected  from  the  "  Ode  to  Eton 
College"  and  the  "  Elegy  written  in  a  Country  Church- 
yard ;  "  the  fourth  is  as  follows  : — 

"This  Monument,  in  honour  of 

Thomas   Gray, 

Was  erected  a.d.  1799, 

Among  the  scenery 

Celebrated  by  that  great  Lyric  and 

Elegiac  Poet. 

He  died  in  1771, 

And  lies  unnoticed  in  the  adjoining  churchyard ; 

Under  the  Tombstone 

On  which  he  piously  and  pathetically 

Recorded  the  interment 
Of  his  Aunt  and  lamented  Mother." 


Gray  has  also  a  monument  in  Westminster  Abbey, 
erected  at  the  joint  expense  of  Dr.  Brown,  Richard 
Stonehewer,  auditor  of  the  exchequer,  and  the  Be  v. 
Wm.  Mason.  It  consists  of  a  medallion  profile,  which 
the  Lyric  Muse  is  holding,  on  which  is  inscribed  the 
name,  "Thomas  Gray;"  the  inscription  was  written 
by  the  Rev.  William  Mason,  and  is  as  follows : — 

"  Died  July  30,  1771,  aged  54. 
No  more  the  Grecian  muse  unrivall'd  reigns  : 

To  Britain  let  the  nations  homage  pay  : 
She  felt  a  Homer's  fire  in  Milton's  strains, 

A  Pindar's  rapture  in  the  lyre  of  Gray." 


In  the  churchyard  of  St.  Giles' s-in-  the  -Fields,  London, 
is  a  monument  erected  to  George  Chapman,  the  earliest 
English  translator  of  Homer.   It  bears  this  inscription : — 


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"  Georgius   Chapman, 

Poeta 

MDCXX, 

Ignatius  Jones 

Architectus  Regius 

Ob  konorem 

Bonarum  literarum 

Familiari 

Suo  hoc  mon, 

D.  S.  P.  F.  C." 


William  Maginn,  L.L.D.,  died  August  20th,  1842, 
aged  48,  and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Walton- 
on-the-Thames.  The  following  epitaph  was  written  for 
him  by  Mr.  Lockhart :  — 

"  Here,  early  to  bed,  lies  kind  William  Maginn, 
Who,  with  genius,  wit,  learning,  Life's  trophies  to  win, 
Had  neither  great  Lord  nor  rich  cit  of  his  kin, 
Xor  discretion  to  set  himself  up  as  to  tin ; 
So  his  portion  soon  spent  (like  the  poor  heir  of  Lynn) 
He  turn'd  author,  ere  yet  there  was  beard  on  his  chin — 
And,  whoever  was  out,  or  whoever  was  in, 
For  your  Tories  his  fine  Irish  brains  he  would  spin, 
"Who  received  prose  and  rhyme  with  a  promising  grin — 
1  Go  ahead,  you  queer  fish,  and  more  power  to  your  fin,' 
But  to  save  from  starvation  stirred  never  a  pin. 
Light  for  long  washis  heart,  though  his  breeches  were  thin, 
Else  his  acting  for  certain,  was  equal  to  Quin ; 
But  at  last  he  was  beat,  and  sought  help  of  the  bin 
(All  the  same  to  the  Doctor  from  claret  to  gin), 
Which  led  swiftly  to  gaol,  and  consumption  therein. 
It  was  much,  when  the  bones  rattled  loose  in  the  skin, 
He  got  leave  to  die  here — out  of  Babylon's  din. 
Barring  drink  and  the  girls,  I  ne'er  heard  of  a  sin  : — 
Many  worse,  better  few,  than  bright,  broken  Magixn." 


The  following  epitaph  was  written  upon  John  Taylor, 
the  water-poet,  who  died  in  1654,  aged  74  years  : — 


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Here  lies  the  Water-poet,  honest  John, 
Who  rowed  on  the  streams  of  Helicon ; 
Where  having  many  rocks  and  dangers  past, 
He,  at  the  haven  of  heaven  arrived  at  last. 


William  Wordsworth,  the  poet,  died  April  23rd, 
1850,  aged  80,  and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of 
Grasmere.  Shortly  after  his  death,  a  subscription  was 
commenced  for  placing  his  statue  in  Westminster  Abbey. 
The  statue  has  been  ably  executed  by  Mr.  Thrupp  ;  it 
represents  the  thoughtful  poet  seated  ;  the  only  accesso- 
ries being,  the  flowers  of  which  he  loved  to  sing.  The 
statue  stands  in  the  baptistry,  and  the  folloAving  lines 
on  baptism,  from  the  poet's  "  Ecclesiastical  Sonnets" 
are  placed  near  it,  as  appropriate  to  the  site  : — 

"  Blest  be  the  Church,  that  watching  o'er  the  needs 

Of  infancy,  provides  a  timely  shower, 

Whose  virtue  changes  to  a  Christian  flower. 

A  growth  from  sinful  Nature's  bed  of  weeds ! 

Fitlicst  beneath  the  sacred  roof  proceeds 

The  ministration  :  while  parental  love 

Looks  on,  and  grace  descendeth  from  above. 

As  the  high  service  pledges  now,  now  pleads, 

There  should  vain  thoughts  outspread  their  wings  and  fly 

To  meet  the  coming  hours  of  festal  mirth, 

The  tombs  which  hear  and  answer  that  brief  cry, 

The  infant's  notice  of  his  second  birth, 

Recall  the  wandering  soul  to  sympathy 

With  what  man  hopes  from  Heaven,  yet  fears  from  Earth." 


"  The  final  resting  place  of  the  great  Christopher 
North,  who  died  in  1854,  is  in  a  very  fine  and  promi- 
nent situation  of  the  most  picturesque  of  our  modern 
cemeteries.  It  exactly  faces  the  tomb  of  Francis  Jeffrey ; 
so  that,  slightly  to  alter  the  words  of  Sir  Walter  Scott, 
with  reference  to  the  tombs  of  Pitt  and  Fox — 

'  Drop  upon  Jeffrey's  tomb  the  tear — 
'Twill  trickle  to  his  rival's  bier.'  " 

North  British  Mail. 


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EPTTAPTTS,  ETC. 


On  the  monument  of  Joseph  Cave,  the  father  of 
Edward  Cave,  the  originator  of  "  The  Gentleman's 
Magazine."  Joseph  Cave  was  buried  in  St.  James's 
church,  Clerkenwell,  without  an  epitaph,  and  the  follow- 
ing is  an  inscription  at  Kugby,  in  Warwickshire,  from 
the  pen  of  Dr.  Hawkesworth  : — 

"  Near  this  place  lies 

The  body  of 

Joseph  Cave, 

Late  of  this  Parish  : 

Who  departed  this  life  Nov.  18th,  1747, 

Aged  79  years. 

He  was  placed  by  Providence  in  an  humble  station, 

But 

Industry  abundantly  supplied  the  wants  of  Nature, 

And 

Temperance  blest  him  with 

Content  and  Wealth. 

As  he  was  an  affectionate  Father, 

He  was  made  happy  in  the  decline  of  life 

By  the  deserved  eminence  of  his  eldest  Son, 

Edward  Cave, 

Who  without  interest,  fortune  or  connection, 

By  the  native  force  of  his  own  genius, 

Assisted  only  by  a  classical  education, 

Which  he  received  at  the  Grammar-school 

Of  this  Town, 

Planned,  executed,  and  established 

A  literary  work,  called 

The 

Gentleman's   Magazine, 

Whereby  he  acquired  an  ample  fortune, 

The  whole  of  which  he  devoted  to  his  family. 

Here  also  lies 

The  body  of  William  Cave, 

Second  Son  of  the  said  Joseph  Cave. 

Who  died,  May  2nd,  1757;  aged  62  years; 

And  who,  having  survived  his  eldest  brother, 

Edward  Cave, 

Inherited  from  him  a  competent  estate  ; 

And,  in  gratitude  to  his  benefactor, 

Ordered  this  monument  to  perpetuate  his  memory. 


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He  lived  a  patriarch  in  his  numerous  race, 
And  show'd  in  charity  a  Christian's  grace  : 
Whate'er  a  friend  or  parent  feels  he  knew  ; 
His  hand  was  open,  and  his  heart  was  true  ; 
In  what  he  gain'd  and  gave,  he  taught  mankind, 
A  grateful  always  is  a  generous  mind. 
Here  rest  his  clay,  his  soul  must  ever  rest, 
"Who  bless'd  when  living,  dying  must  be  blest.' 


Translation  of  the  Latin  epitaph  on  Jacob  Tonson  : — 

"  The  rolling  course  of  life,  being  finished, 

This  is  the  end  of  Jacob  Tonson  ; 

A  man  of  eminence  in  his  profession  : 

Who,  as  Accoucheur  to  the  Muses, 

Ushered  into  Life 

The  happy  productions  of  Genius. 

Mourn !  ye  choir  of  writers,  and  break  your  tuneful  reeds, 

He,  your  assistant,  is  no  more  : 

But  this  last  inscription  is  engraven 

On  this  first  page  of  mortality, 

Lest,  being  committed  to  the  press  of  the  grave, 

The  Editor  himself  should  be  without  a  title. 

Here  lies  a  Bookseller 
(The  leaves  of  life  having  gone  to  decay) 
"Waiting  for  a  New  Edition 
Much  increased  and  amended." — Mirror. 


Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  was  buried  in  Westminster 
Abbey,  near  the  foot  of  Shakspeare's  monument,  and 
close  to  the  late  Mr.  Garrick,  agreeable  to  his  own  request, 
a  large  blue  flagstone  was  placed  over  his  grave,  with 
this  inscription  : — 

"  Samuel  Johnson,  L.L.D. 

Obiit   XIII   die   Decembris, 

Anno  Domini 

MDCCLXXXIV. 

^Etatis  sua3  LXXV." 


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There  is  a  statue  erected  to  his  memory  in  St.  Paul's 
Cathedral  (by  Bacon).  The  Dr.  is  represented  with  a 
scroll  in  his  hands,  and  in  the  attitude  of  profound 
thought.  The  following  inscription  on  the  pedestal  was 
written  by  Dr.  Parr  : — 

"a  P  n 

X 

Samueli  Jonxsox, 

Grammatico.  et.  critico. 

Scriptorum.  anglicorum.  littcratc.  perito 

PoetoB.  luminibus.  sententiarum 

et.  ponderibus.  verborum.  admirabili 

magistro.  virtutis.  gravissimo 

homini.  optimo.  et.  singularis.  exempli 

qui.  vixit.  ann.  lxxt.  mens.  il.  dieb.  xnil. 

decessit.  idib.  decembr.  ann.  Christ,  clo.  iocc.  lxxxiiiI 

sepult.  in  red.  sanct.  Petr.  Westmonasteriens 

xnl.  kal.  Januar.  ann.  Christ  cb.  iocc.  lxxxit. 

amici.  et.  sodalcs.  litterarii 

pecunia.  conlata 
H.  M.  Faciund,  Curaver." 

On  another  side  of  the  monument : — 

"  Faciebat  Johannes  Bacon.  Sculptor.  Ann.  Christ. 
M.DCC.LXXXXV." 


Epitaph  on  Dr.  Jonxsox  (by  Wm.  Cowper)  : — 

Here  Jonxsox  lies — a  sage  by  all  allow' d, 

Whom  to  have  bred  may  well  make  England  proud, 

"Whose  prose  was  eloquence,  by  wisdom  taught, 

The  graceful  vehicle  of  virtuous  thought, 

Whose  verse  may  claim — grave,  masculine  and  strong, 

Superior  praise  to  the  mere  poet's  song; 

Who  many  a  noble  gift  from  heaven  possessed, 

And  faith,  at  last,  alone  worth  all  the  rest. 

0  man  immortal  by  a  double  prize, 

By  fame  on  earth — by  glory  in  the  skies!  " 


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Epitaph  on  Dr.  Johnson  (by  Soamc  Jenyns,  Esq.) : — 

"  Here  lies  poor  Johnson  ! — Beader,  have  a  care, 
Tread  lightly,  lest  you  rouse  a  slumbering  bear. 
Eeligious,  moral,  generous,  and  humane 
He  was — but  sell- sufficient,  rude,  and  vain  : 
111  bred,  and  overbearing  in  dispute. 
A  scholar,  and  a  Christian — yet  a  brute. 
Would  you  know  all  his  wisdom  and  his  folly, 
His  actions — sayings — mirth,  and  melancholy, 
Boswell  and  Thrale — retailers  of  his  wit, 
Will  tell  you  how  he  wrote — and  talk'd — and  cough' d — 

[and  spit." 


The  churchwardens  of  St.  Clement  Danes,  having 
satisfactorily  ascertained  that  a  seat  in  the  pew  num- 
bered 18,  in  the  north  gallery  of  that  church,  was 
regularly  occupied  for  many  years  by  Dr.  Johnson,  have 
caused  a  neat  brass  tablet  recording  the  fact  to  be  affixed 
in  a  conspicious  position  to  the  pillar  against  which  the 
Doctor  must  often  have  reclined.  The  inscription  on 
the  tablet  is  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  Croly,  rector  of  St. 
Stephen's,  Walbrook,  and  is  as  follows  : — 

"  In  this  pew,  and  beside  this  altar,  for  many  years 
attended  divine  service,  the  celebrated  Dr.  Samuel 
Johnson,  the  philosopher,  the  poet,  the  great  lexicogra- 
pher, the  profound  moralist,  and  chief  writer  of  his  time. 
Born  1 709 ;  died  1784.  In  the  remembrance  and  honour 
of  noble  faculties,  nobly  employed,  some  inhabitants  of 
the  parish  of  St.  Clement  Danes  have  placed  this  slight 
memorial,  A.i).  1851." 


At  West  Wycombe,  Bucks.,  on  the  heart  of  P.  White- 
head, the  poet  and  satirist  : — 

"  Paul  Whitehead,  Esq.,  of  Twickenham, 
Died  December  20,  1774,  aged  64. 


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Unhallow'd  hands,  this  Urn  forbear  : 
No  gems,  nor  orient  spoil, 
Lies  here  conceal' d, — but,  what's  more  rare, 
A  heart  that  knew  no  guile." 


In  Westminster  Abbey.  Charles  Denis  de  St. 
Evremond  ;  was  of  a  noble  family  in  Normandy  ;  and, 
betaking  himself  very  early  to  a  military  life,  served 
with  so  much  courage  and  honour,  under  Marshal 
Turenne,  the  Prince  of  Conde,  and  other  Captains,  that 
he  was  gradually  promoted  to  the  rank  of  a  Major- 
General.  Upon  leaving  his  country,  he  went  to  Holland, 
from  whence  Cha/rles  the  Second  invited  him  into 
England.  He  was  uo  less  a  physiologist  than  humourist, 
and  a  most  elegant  writer,  both  in  verse  and  prose,  in 
the  French  language  ;  which  he  considerably  polished  and 
enriched.  Several  Kings  of  England  honoured  him 
with  their  favours  :  he  was  the  delight  of  the  nobility, 
and  the  esteem  of  all  persons.  After  a  life  of  above 
90  years,  he  died  the  9th  of  September,  1703.  To  this 
celebrated  personage,  who  may  be  justly  ranked  among 
the  best  writers  of  his  time,  his  friends  have  erected 
this  monument." 


John  Weever,  the  antiquary,  died  in  the  year  1632, 
aged  56,  and  was  buried  in  St.  James's,  Clerkenwell, 
where  there  is  a  monument  erected  to  his  memory,  at 
the  cost  of  John  Skillicorn,  Esq.,  his  executor.  The 
inscription  concludes  thus  : — 

"  Lancashire  gave  me  breath, 
And  Cambridge  education, 
Middlesex  gave  me  death, 
And  this  church  my  humation, 
And  Christ  to  me  hath  given, 
A  place  with  him  in  heaven.  " 


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The  Tomb  of  Gilbeet  White,  the  naturalist,  at  Sol- 
borne.     He  died  June  20,  1793,  in  his  73rd  year  : — 

"  From  the  place  where  "White  drew  his  first  breath, 
and  where,  with  short  and  unfrcquent  interruptions,  he 
spent  a  long  and  happy  life,  a  few  paces  brought  us  to 
his  grave.  He  lies  undistinguished  in  the  village 
churchyard.  There  are,  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel, 
five  lowly  tenements  of  the  dead,  the  fifth  from  the 
chancel  is  that  of  Gilbeet  White  ;  his  grave  is,  like 
his  life,  lowly  and  peaceful.  I  was  glad  that  he  was 
laid  here  ;  nor  could  I  help  thinking  that  the  grass  was 
more  green,  and  the  moss  more  richly  verdant  on  that 
grave.  He  lies  tranquilly  in  the  lap  of  his  mother 
earth ;  and  even  in  death,  within  the  influence  of  that 
nature,  he  living  loved  so  well.  He  lies  nobly — the 
world  is  his  tomb,  the  heavens  his  canopy,  the  dew  of 
evening  scatters  with  diamonds  the  spot  where  his  ashes 
repose,  his  requiem  is  chanted  by  the  warbling  choristers 
of  spring,  and  starry  lamps  that  never  die  illumine  his 
sepulchre." — Blackwood's  Mag.  for  Sep.,  1840. 


The  tombs  of  John  Keats  and  Peecy  Bysshe 
Shelley.  John  Keats,  the  poet,  died  at  Rome,  in  his 
24th  year,  of  a  consumption,  completely  worn  out  and 
exhausted,  longing  for  release.  A  little  before  he  died, 
he  said  respecting  his  epitaph  (if  any  were  put  over 
him)  that  he  wished  it  to  be  written — 

"  Here  lies  one  whose  name  was  writ  in  water" 

so  little  thought  he,  of  the  more  than  promise  he  had 
given,  of  the  fine  and  lasting  things  he  had  added  to  the 
stock  of  English  Poetry. — Shelley  says  in  his  preface  to 
'  Adonais,'  an  elegy  on  the  Death  of  John  Keats :  'John 
Keats  died  at  Home,  of  a  consumption,  and  was  buried 
in  the  Cemetery  of  the  Protestants  in  that  city.  The 
cemetery  is  an  open  space  among  the  ruins,  covered  in 
winter  with  violets  and  daisies.  It  might  make  one  in 
love  with  death,  to  think  that  one  should  be  buried  in  so 
stveet  a  place.'' 


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Header  !  carry  these  accents  in  your  ear,  and  accom- 
pany us  to  Leghorn.  A  few  months  only  have  elapsed. 
►Shelley  is  on  the  shore.  Keats  no  longer  lives,  but  you 
will  see  that  Shelley  had  not  forgotten  him.  He  sets 
sail  for  the  gulf  of  Lerici,  where  he  has  his  temporary 
home ;  he  never  reaches  it.  A  body  is  washed  ashore 
at  Via  Eeggio.  If  the  features  are  not  to  be  recognised, 
there  can  be  no  doubt  of  the  man  who  carries  in  his 
bosom  the  volume  containing  'Lamia  and  Hyperion? 
It  is  Shelley.  His  body  is  burned  by  Lord  Byron,  but 
the  remains  are  carried — whither  ?  you  will  know  by 
the  description. — '  The  cemetery  is  an  open  space  among 
the  ruins,  covered  in  winter  with  violets  and  daisies.  It 
might  make  one  in  love  with  death  to  think  that  one  should 
be  buried  in  so  sweet  a  place. ,'  There  lies  poor  Shelley, 
Keats  and  he — the  mourner  and  the  mourned,  almost 
touch." 


Inscription  on  the  tomb  of  Robert  Bloomfield,  the 
poet,  in  Camp  ton  churchyard,  Bedfordshire  : — 

"Here  lie 

The  remains  of 

Robert  Bloomfield. 

He  was  born  at  Honington, 

in  Suffolk, 

December  III.  MDCCLXVI, 

And  died  at  Shefford, 

August  XIX.  MDCCCXXIII. 

Let  his  wild  native  woodnotes  tell 
the  rest. 

This  stone  was  erected  at  the  expense  of  Henry  Kaye 
Bonney,  D.D.,  late  Archdeacon  of  Bedford,  who  also 
composed  the  inscription." 


In  Westminster  Abbey  is  a  fine  full-length  statue  of 
Thomas  Campbell,  the  poet ;  on  the  pedestal  is  the 
following  inscription  :  — 


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"  Thomas  Campbell, 

Bom  July  27th,    1777. 

Died  June  15th,  1844. 

This  spirit  shall  return  to  Him 

Who  gave  its  heavenly  spark  ; 
Yet,  think  not,  sun,  it  shall  be  dim 

When  thou  thyself  art  dark  ! 
No  !  it  shall  live  again  and  shine 
In  bliss  unknown  to  beams  of  thine, 

By  Him  recall' d  to  breath, 
Who  captive  led  captivity, 
Who  robb'd  the  grave  of  victory, 

And  took  the  sting  from  death  !  " 

T.  Campbell. 


Robert  Southey,  poet-laureate,  died  March  21st, 
1843,  aged  69,  and  was  buried  in  Crossthwaite  church, 
near  Keswick,  on  whose  tomb  is  the  following  inscrip- 
tion (by  William  Wordsworth) : — 

"  Ye  vales  and  hills,  whose  beauty  hither  drew 
The  Poet's  steps,  and  fix'd  him  here;  on  you 
His  eyes  have  closed ;  and  ye  loved  book,   no  more 
Shall  Southey  feed  upon  your  precious  lore, 
To  works  that  ne'er  shall  forfeit  their  renown 

Adding  immortal  labours  of  his  own. 

Whether  he  traced  historic  truth  with  zeal, 
For  the  state's  guidance,  or  the  church's  weal, 
Or  fancy  disciplined  by  curious  art 
Informed  his  pen,  or  wisdom  of  the  heart, 
Or  judgments  sanctioned  in  the  patriot's  mind 
By  reverence  for  the  rights  of  all  mankind. 
Wide  were  his  aims,  yet  in  no  human  breast 
Could  private  feelings  meet  in  holier  rest. 
His  joys — his  griefs — have  vanished  like  a  cloud 
From  Skiddaw's  top  ;  but  he  to  Heaven  was  vowed, 
Through  a  life  long  and  pure,  and  steadfast  faith 
Calm'd  in  his  soul  the  fear  of  change  and  death." 


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EPIL 


In  ^  nd  on 

tablet  underneath  is  this  inscription  : — 

riHET. 

Born  1774.     Died  1843." 


Samuel   I  author  of  "  Pleasures  of 

.  died  Dee.  IS,  1855,  aged  93  years,  and 
was   buried  in  Hornsey  churchyard.      In  the  "'Illus- 
trated Tii  -Vug.  2,  1  .the  following 
.lied — "  1                            . — 

••  July  29,  1856.  The  pleasant  article  in  the  •'  Edin- 
burgh R :  induced  me  to  go  this 
morning  to  see  his  burial-place  at  Homsey ;  so  I  went 
by  the  10  a.m.  train  to  th  illage  near  London, 

so  much,  perhaps,  for  a  pilgrimage  as  for  a  d 
1  loafing.'  But  no  where  could  I  find  his  tomb;  so  at 
,;n  old  man  who  was  weeding  the 
churchyard  paths,  and  asked  him  if  he  knew  whether 
Mr.  Rogers  was  buried  there  ?  '  Oh  yes,  sir,  suie-ly  ! 
I  knew  Mr.  Rogers  well,  and  my  daughter  was  servant 
to  him.'  g  that  I  v  tain  a  portrait 

-  amuel  R(  n  from  the  scullery,  I  said,  by 

way  of  a  i  Mr.  R 

1  Not   so  .  '  Mr.   Re 

wasn't  so  werr  :-ome 

of  th  oi 

re  of  him 
who   wrote  tJ 
as  this  have  to  pay  the  penalty  of  oblivioi 


Dunwich,   lits  buried,  with  his  two  wives,  lies on 

eue,    in    :; 
scription  on  his  grave-stone  is  as  fellows  : — 

■ '  Between  Hoxoe  and  Vibtdb,  here  cloth  lie 
The  rems  ity." 


POETS  AND  AUTHORS. 


The  Rev.  John  Gregory  Pike,  the  popular  author 
of  the  "  Persuasives  to  Early  Piety,"  and  many  other 
works  relating  to  personal  religion  and  practical  godli- 
ness, died  very  suddenly  at  Derby  :  his  daughter  entered 
his  study,  and  found  him  sitting  in  his  chair,  pen  in 
hand,  with  his  forehead  on  his  desk,  senseless  and  life- 
less. The  inhabitants  of  Derby  are  about  to  erect  a 
marble  tablet  to  his  memory,  in  the  baptist  chapel, 
St.  Mary's  gate,  upon  which  it  is  intended  to  inscribe 
the  following  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  the 
Rev.  John  Gregory  Pike, 
Eorty-four  years  Pastor  of  this  Church ;  founder,  and 
till  his  decease,  the  devoted  Secretary  of  the  General 
Baptist  Missionary  Society,  and  Author  of  various  excel- 
lent "Writings,  chiefly  designed  to  promote  Early  Piety, 
which  have  been  rendered  a  blessing  to  multitudes  ;  this 
Monument  is  erected  as  a  record  of  the  affection,  vene- 
ration, and  regret  of  his  ever  grateful  flock.  He  was  a 
man  of  Eminent  piety  and  untiring  zeal.  The  Cross  of 
Christ  was  the  foundation  of  his  hope,  the  object  of  his 
glorying,  and  the  grand  theme  of  his  ministry.  After 
a  life  consecrated  to  the  furtherance  of  the  Gospel 
'  He  was  not  for  God  took  him.' 

He  was  born  April  6th,  1784, 
and  died  suddenly,  September  4th,  1854." 


Lord  Byron's  translation  of  the  epitaph  on  Virgil 
and  Tibttllus  (by  Domitius  Marsus) : — 

"He,  who  sublime  in  epic  numbers  roll'd, 
And  he  who  struck  the  softer  lyre  of  love, 
By  death's*  unequal  hand  alike  controll'd, 
Fit  comrades  in  Elysian  regions  move." 


*  The  hand  of  death  is  said  to  be  unjust,  or  unequal,  as  Virgil  was  con- 
siderably older  than  Tibullus  at  tbe  tune  of  his  death.  Virgil  died  b.c.  19, 
aged  51,  and  Tibullus  b.c.  17,  aged  about  29. 


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Yibgil,  the  prince  of  Latin  poets,  died  at  Brundu- 
sium  with  the  greatest  tranquility ;  and  his  remains  were 
interred,  according  to  his  wish,  on  the  Via  Puteolana, 
at  the  second  mile- stone  from  Naples,  where  his  monu- 
ment is  still  shown,  with  the  following  inscription,  said 
to  have  "been  dictated  by  him  on  his  death  bed  : — 

"Mantua  me  genuit :  Calabri  rapuere;  tenet  nunc 
Parthenope :  cecini  Pascua,  Rura,  Duces." 


Anaceeon,  a  Greek  lyric  poet,  was  born  about  560 
B.C.,  and  lost  his  life  by  being  choked  by  a  grape-stone, 
while  drinking.  The  following  lines  were  paraphrased 
for  his  tomb  (by  Thomas  Moore,  the  poet)  : — 

"  0  stranger,  if  Anacreon's  shell 
Has  ever  taught  thy  heart  to  swell 
With  passion's  throb,  or  pleasure's  sigh, 
In  pity  turn,  as  wandering  nigh, 
And  drop  thy  goblet's  richest  tear 
In  exquisite  libation  here." 


Inscription  to  the  memory  of  Demosthenes,  the  orator. 
— Demosthenes  was  born  b.c  377,  and  died  b.c  317. 
Antipater,  Alexander's  successor,  ordered  all  the  orators 
to  be  delivered  up  to  him,  when  Demosthenes  tied,  and 
to  prevent  his  falling  into  the  hands  of  a  tyrant,  he 
swallowed  poison,  which  he  always  carried  about  him, 
and  which  soon  produced  its  effect.  The  Athenians, 
soon  after  his  death,  erected  a  statue  of  brass  to  his 
memory,  as  a  testimonial  of  their  gratitude  and  esteem ; 
and  at  the  foot  of  the  statue  they  engraved  this  inscrip- 
tion, which  was  couched  in  two  elegiac  verses  : — 


r-J 


"  Demosthenes,  if  thy  power  had  been  equal  to  thy 
wisdom,  the  Macedonian  Mars  would  never  have 
triumphed  over  Greece." 


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POETS  AND  AUTHORS. 


On  the  philosopher  Plato. — The  illustrious  philoso- 
pher Plato,  died  b.c.  48,  aged  81  ;  he  was  sumptuously- 
buried  by  the  Athenians,  and  on  his  tomb  they  inscribed 
the  following  epitaph  : — 

"  Pseon  and  Plato  from  Apollo  sprung, 
The  body's  saviour  this,  and  that  the  soul's." 


Epictettjs,  an  ancient  stoic  philosopher,  who  lived  in 
the  time  of  Nero,  had  the  following  inscription  on  his 
tomb: — 

"  Epictettjs,  who  lies  here,  was  a  slave  and  a  cripple, 
poor  as  the  beggar  in  the  proverb,  and  the  favourite  of 
Heaven." 


^Eschyltjs,  the  tragic  poet,  flourished  about  500  years 
b.c,  and  died  at  Gela  (aged  68),  we  are  told,  of  a  fracture 
of  his  skull,  caused  by  an  eagle  letting  fall  a  tortoise  on 
his  head.  The  manner  of  his  death  is  said  to  have  been 
predicted  by  an  oracle,  which  had  foretold  that  he  should 
die  by  something  from  the  heavens.  He  had  the  honour 
of  a  magnificent  funeral  from  the  Sicilians,  who  buried 
him  near  the  river  Gela,  and  on  his  tomb  was  inscribed 
the  following  epitaph  : — 

"  iEscHYLUS,  Euphorion's  son,  whom  Athens  bore, 
Lies  here  interred,  on  Gela's  fruitful  shore. 
The  plains  of  Marathon  his  worth  record, 
And  piles  of  Medes  that  fell  beneath  his  sword." 


Plutaech,  a  learned  Greek  writer,  died  a.d.  150,  aged 
90.  Among  the  many  eulogiums  bestowed  on  him,  this 
epigram  deserves  to  be  noticed,  which  is  supposed  to  be 
inscribed  on  a  statue  erected  by  the  Eomans  to  his 
memory : — 


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"  Celeroxeax  Plutarch,  to  thy  deathless  praise 
Does  martial  Rome  this  grateful  statue  raise : 
Because  both  Greece  and  she  thy  fame  hath  shared, 
Their  heroes  written,  and  their  lives  compared. 
But  thou  thyself  could' st  never  write  thy  own; 
Their  lives  have  parallels ;  but  thine  has  none." 


Ovid,  an  elegant  Latin  poet,  died  a.d.  17,  aged  59, 
and  in  the  tenth  year  of  his  banishment,  at  Tamos,  a 
city  of  Pontus,  upon  the  Euxine  sea,  near  the  mouths 
of  the  Danube.  He  had  desired,  in  case  he  died  in  the 
country  of  the  Getae,  that  his  ashes  might  be  earned  to 
Rome,  in  order  that  he  might  not  continue  an  exile  after 
his  death,  and  that  the  following  epitaph  might  be 
inscribed  on  his  tomb  : — 

"Here  Naso  lies,  who  sung  of  soft  desire, 
Victim  of  too  much  wit,  and  too  much  fire. 
Say,  who  have  lov'd,  whene'er  you  pass  these  stones, 
Light  lie  the  earth  on  hapless  Paso's  bones." 


Euripides,  the  celebrated  Grecian  tragic  poet,  lost  his 
life  in  a  shocking  manner,  b.c  406,  aged  74,  he  was 
walking  in  a  wood,  in  a  pensive  manner,  when  he  was 
attacked  by  the  king's  hounds,  and  torn  to  pieces  :  he 
was  buried  at  Pella,  where  Archelaus,  king  of  Macedon, 
honoured  him  with  a  sumptuous  funeral,  and  afterwards 
with  a  splendid  monument,  with  this  inscription  : — 

"  Thy  memory,  0  Euripides,  will  never  perish." 

But  the  inscription  on  the  cenotaph  at  Athens,  was  still 
more  honourable  : — 

"  All  Greece  is  the  monument  of  Euripides  ; 
The  Macedonian  earth  covers  only  his  bones." 


Titus  Livy,  the  Roman  historian,  died  a.d.  17,  aged 
about  70.  A  monument  was  erected  to  him  in  the 
temple  of    Juno,    where  was   afterwards  founded  the 


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POETS  AND  AUTHORS. 


monastery  of  St.  Justina.  There,  in  1413,  was  dis- 
covered a  Latin  epitaph  to  Livy,  the  translation  of 
which  is  as  follows  : — 

"The  bones  of  Titus  Livrus,  of  Patavium,  a  man 
worthy  to  be  approved  by  all  mankind  ;  by  whose  almost 
invincible  pen  the  acts  and  exploits  of  the  invincible 
Romans  were  written." 


PoLYBrus,  a  Greek  historian,  died,  in"^  consequence  of 
a  fall  from  his  horse,  b.c.  121,  aged  82.  The  people  of 
Achaia  erected  statues  to  him,  one  of  which  had  this 
inscription : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  Polybius,  whose  counsel,  had  it 
been  followed,  would  have  saved  Achaia,  and  who  con- 
soled it  in  its  adversity." 


Monument  to  Charles  Theodore  Kcerner,  the  German 
poet,  and  his  sister.  They  lie  buried  at  the  village  of 
Wobbelin,  in  Mecklenburgh,  under  a  beautiful  oak,  in 
a  recess  of  which  he  had  frequently  deposited  verses, 
composed  by  him  while  campaigning  in  its  vicinity.  The 
monument  erected  to  his  memory  is  of  cast  iron,  and 
the  upper  part  is  wrought  into  a  lyre  and  sword,  a 
favourite  emblem  of  Kcerker's,  from  which  one  of  his 
works  had  been  entitled.  Over  the  gate  of  the  cemetery 
is  engraved  one  of  his  own  lines  :  — 

"  Vergiss  die  treuen  Todten  nicht." 
(Forget  not  the  faithful  dead.) 

On  the  front  of  the  monument  is  the  following  inscrip- 
tion in  German,  which  is  here  translated  : — 

"  Charles  Theodore  Earner  was  here  consigned 
to  the  earth  by  his  comrades  in  arms,  with  reverence 
and  love." 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


On  the  opposite  side  : — 

"  Charles  Theodore  Kcerner,  born  at  Dresden,  the 
23rd  of  September,  1791,  devoted  himself  first  to  mining, 
next  to  poetry,  finally  to  warfare,  for  the  deliverance  of 
Germany.  To  this  vocation  he  consecrated  sword  and 
lyre,  and  sacrificed  to  it  the  fairest  joys  and  hopes  of 
happy  youth.  While  Lieutenant  and  adjutant  in 
Liitrow's  free  corps,  he  was  suddenly  killed  by  a  hostile 
ball,  on  the  26th  of  August,  1813,  in  an  engagement 
which  took  place  between  Schwerin  and  Gadebush." 

On  the  right : — 

"Fatherland !  for  thee  will  we  die,  as  thy  mighty 
words  command.  Our  beloved  may  inherit  what  we 
have  redeemed  with  our  blood.  Grow,  thou  liberty  of 
the  German  Oaks — grow  up  above  our  corses." 

Th.  Kcerner. 

On  the  left  :— 

"  Hail  to  the  Minstrel — if  he  only  achieve  for  himself 
with  the  sword  a  sepulchre  in  a  land  of  freedom." 


On  a  tombstone  laid  horizontally  upon  the  grave  of 
the  poet's  sister,  who  died  of  grief  for  his  loss,  in  the 
second  year  after  he  was  killed,  the  following  epitaph  is 
cut: — 

"  Among  the  survivors  of  Theodore  Koerner,  his  sym- 
pathizing sister,  Emma.  Sophia  Louisa  was  the  first  that 
followed  him.  She  was  born  at  Dresden,  the  19th  of 
April,  1788.  By  character,  genius,  and  talents,  she 
adorned  the  days  of  her  friends,  and  gladdened  all  that 
approached  her.  She  mourned  her  beloved  brother  as 
became  a  German  maid :  but  while  she  elevated  her 
soul  to  him,  her  body  became  gradually  enfeebled.  A 
nervous  fever  terminated  her  earthly  existence  at  Dres- 
den, the  15th  May,  1815. 

This  spot  was  due  to  her  as  a  place  of  rest." 

From  Mrs.  Hemans's  Records  of  Woman,  and  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Downes's  Letters  from  the  Continent. 


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POETS  AND  AUTHORS. 


Bernardo  Tasso,  a  distinguished  epic  and  lyric  poet, 
died  in  1569,  aged  76.  His  remains  were  interred  at 
Mantua,  under  a  handsome  monument,  erected  by  the 
duke,  with  this  inscription  : — 

"  Ossa  Bernardi  Tassi." 
Torquato,  his  son,  afterwards  removed  them  to  Ferrara. 


Torqtjato  Tasso,  an  illustrious  Italian  poet,  died  in 
April,  1595,  aged  51,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of 
St.  Onofrio,  with  a  plain  slab  over  his  tomb,  which  bears 
this  inscription : — 

"Torqtjati  Tassi 
Ossa  hie  jacent. 
Hoc,  ne  nescius  esset  hospes, 
Fratres  hujus  ecclesise  posuerunt." 

Lettres  sur  Vltalie. 


On  Samsoe,  a  celebrated  dramatic  writer,  of  Denmark. 
— Samsoe' s  best  production  was  the  play  of  By  v  eke, 
produced  a  few  days  after  his  death.  Such  was  the 
enthusiasm  it  excited,  that  the  following  epitaph  was 
proposed  to  be  inscribed  on  his  tomb,  in  the  public 
cemetery  of  Copenhagen  : — 

"  Here  lies  Samsoe  ; 
He  wrote  Dyveke  and  died." 


On  Peter  Aretine,  the  "  scourge  of  princes." — In 
Aretine's  Life,  by  M.  Boispreaux,  he  says — "Aretine 
died  in  a  very  singular  manner.  Hearing  the  story  told 
of  a  trick  one  of  his  sisters  had  played  her  galant,  he 
burst  into  such  a  fit  of  laughter,  that  falling  from  his 
seat,  he  beat  out  his  brains."  This  happened  in  1557, 
and  in  the  65th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in 
St.  Luke's  church,  Venice,  and  an  epitaph  was  written 
in  Latin  for  his  tomb  ( by  Maynard),  and  is  thus  trans- 
lated in  an  old  Paris  Advertiser : — 


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POETS  AND  AITHORS. 


"  Time,  the  destroyer,  hath,  under  these  stones, 
Mingled  with  dust  old  Aretine's  bones, 
Who,  when  in  life,  with  his  infamous  pen, 
Stain' d  all  that  was  noble  and  great  among  men ; 
Darkened  the  memory  of  princes,  whose  story 
Would  have  thrown  on  their  graves  an  aureole  of  glory ; 
And  if,  on  the  Eternal,  h'has  no  blasphemy  thrown, 
It  is  only  because  he  was  to  him  unknown." 


John  Picus,"earl  of  Mirandola,  a  celebrated  Italian 
genius,  died  1494,  aged  31.  The  following  epitaph  was 
inscribed  on  his  tomb  : —  * 

"  Hie  situs  est  Picus  Mirandola,  cgetera  norunt 
Et  Tagus  et  Ganges,  forsan  et  Antipodes." 


Eeancis  Peteaech,  a  celebrated  Italian  scholar,  died 
at  Arqua,  in  Italy,  in  1374,  aged  70  years  j  the  follow- 
ing epitaph  was  engraven  on  his  tombstone  : — 

1  'This  stone  doth  cover  the  cold  bon  es  of  Feancis  Peteaech  : 
Thou  Virgin  Mother  take  his  soul ;  thou  Christ  pardon 

grant, 
Now  weary  of  the  Earth,  he  rests  in  Heaven's  Arke." 

A  writer  says,  "  We  went  to  see  Peteaech' s  tomb, 
which  is  honourable 'without  being  ostentatious  :  a  plain 
stone  sarcophagus,  j_re sting  on  four  pillars,  and  sur- 
mounted by  a  bust ;  suited  to  the  quiet  of  his  life,  his 
home,  and  his  resting  place."  The  best  description  of 
Peteaech' s  tomb  is  given  in  the  following  lines  by  Lord 
Byron : — 

"  There  is  a  tomb  in  Arqua ;  rear'd  in  air, 
Pillar' d  in  their  sarcophagus,  repose 
The  bones  of  Laura's  lover  ;  here  repair 
Many  familiar  with  his^well-sung  woes, 
The  pilgrims  of  his  genius.     He  arose 
To  raise  a  language,  and  his  land  reclaim 
Prom  the  dull  yoke  of  her  barbaric  foes ; 
Watering  the  tree  which  bears  his  lady's  name, 
With  his  melodious  tears,  he  gave  himself  to  fame. 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


They  keep  his  dust  in  Arqua,  where  he  died  ; 
The  mountain- village  where  his  latter  days 
Went  down  the  vale  of  years ;  and  'tis  their  pride — 
An  honest  pride — and  let  it  be  their  praise, 
To  offer  to  the  passing  stranger's  gaze 
His  mansion  and  his  sepulchre ;  both  plain 
And  venerably  simple,  such  as  raise 
A  feeling  more  accordant  with  his  strain, 
Than  if  a  pyramid  form'd  his  monumental  fame." 


Rousseau's  tomb— prior  to  1791. — The  author  of 
"Entile"  died  in  1778,  aged  66,  and  was  buried  at 
Ermonville,  about  thirty  miles  from  Paris,  and  one  only 
from  Clermont.  It  is  difficult  to  suppress  a  sense  of 
deep  emotion,  as  you  land  on  the  diminutive  island  of 
poplars,  which  rises  in  the  middle  of  the  lake.  These 
beautiful  trees ;  the  noble  yet  simple  monument  which 
they  almost  conceal  by  their  shade  ;  that  beautiful  turf 
which  covers  the  whole  island;  those  gentle  rippling 
waves  which  wash  its  circumference,  all  tend  to  render 
this  spot  the  asylum  of  melancholy  and  meditation. — 
It  is  there  was  buried  J.  J.  Rousseau,  who  having 
arrived  at  Ermonville,  the  20th  of  May,  1778,  died 
there,  suddenly,  the  2nd  July  following.  A  piece  of 
rock  is  still  shown,  on  which  the  philosopher  often  came 
to  sit  down  during  the  last  days  of  his  life.  Opposite 
the  principal  inn  of  the  place  stands  a  humble  cottage, 
on  the  door  of  which  may  be  read  these  words — "  The 
Emperor  Joseph  2nd  dined  in  this  house  on  the  24th  of 
July,  1784." 

The  remains  of  Rousseau  were  translated  in  1791, 
with  great  pomp,  to  the  church  of  St.  Genevieve  (then 
the  Pantheon),  and  on  the  sarcophagus  containing  his 
ashes,  were  the  words  : — 

"  Ici  repose  l'homme  de  la  nature  et  de  la  verite."  * 


*  In  the  garden  of  Nuneham  Courtney,  the  seat  of  the  Earl  of  Hareourt, 
I  a  oust  of  Rousseau,  inscribed  as  follows  :— 

"  Say  is  thy  honest  heart  to  Virtue  warm  ? 
Can  genius  animate  thy  feeling  breast  ? 
Approach,  behold  this  venerable  form, 
'Tis  Rousseau  ;  let  thy  bosom  speak  the  rest." 


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Paul  Scaeeon,  a  celebrated  comic  writer,  whose  life 
abounds  with  curious  features,  died  at  Paris  in  1660, 
aged  50  years.  In  his  epitaph,  made  by  himself,  he 
desires  in  a  mixture  of  the  comic  and  pathetic,  that  "  the 
passengers  would  not  awaken  poor  Scaeeon  from  the 
first  good  sleep  he  had  ever  enjoyed." 


The  tomb  of  Dr.  Franklin  and  his  wife. — "  On  the 
12th  of  December  we  made  a  pilgrimage  to  the  tomb  of 
Franklin — dear  old  Franklin !  It  consists  of  a  large 
marble  slab,  laid  flat  on  the  ground,  with  nothing  carved 
upon  it  but  these  words  : — 

'  Benjamin      \ 

and  [      Feanklin, 

Deboeah      )  1790.' 

He  lies  buried  in  an  obscure  corner  of  an  obscure  burying- 
ground,  where  his  bones  lie  indiscriminately  along  with 
those  of  ordinary  mortals.  After  all, — his  literary 
works,  scientific  fame,  and  his  undoubted  patriotism, 
form  his  best  epitaph." — Captain  Basil  HalVs  Trowels 
in  North  America. 


Humorous  epitaph,  by  Dr.  Feanklin  on  himself — 
written  many  years  before  his  death,  which  took  place 
April  17th,  1790,  aged  84  years: — 

"  The  Body  of 

Benjamin  Feanklin, 

Printer, 

Like  the  cover  of  an  old  Book, 

Its  contents  torn  out, 

And  stript  of  its  Lettering  and  Gilding 

Lies  here,  food  for  worms ; 

Yet  the  work  itself  shall  not  be  lost, 

For  it  will  (as  he  believed)  appear  once  more 

In  a  new  and  more  beautiful  edition 

Corrected  and  amended,  by 

The  Author." 


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POETS  AND  AUTHORS. 


On  the  tomb  of  Dr.  Franklin's  father  and  mother,  at 
Boston. — In  the  Autobiography  of  Br.  Franklin,  is  the 
following  : — "  My  mother  was  possessed  of  an  excellent 
constitution.  She  suckled  all  her  ten  children,  and  I 
never  heard  either  her,  or  my  father  complain  of  any 
other  disorder  than  that  of  which  they  died :  my  father 
at  the  age  of  87,  and  my  mother  at  35.  They  are  buried 
together  at  Boston,  where,  a  few  years  ago,  I  placed  a 
Marble  over  their  grave,  with  this  Inscription  : — 

1  Here  lie 
Josiah  Franklin,  and  Abiah  his  wife  :  They  lived 
together  with  reciprocal  affection  for  fifty-nine  years, 
and  without  private  fortune,  without  lucrative 
employment,  by  assiduous  labour  and  honest  industry, 
decently  supported  a  numerous  family,  and  educated 
with  success,  thirteen  children,  and  seven  grand- 
children.    Let  this  example,  reader,  encourage  thee, 
diligently  to  discharge  the  duties  of  thy  calling 
and  rely  on  the  support  of 
Divine  Providence. 

He  was  pious  and  prudent, 

She  discreet  and  virtuous. 

Their  youngest  son,  from  a  sentiment  of  filial 

duty,  consecrates  this  stone 

to  their  memory.'  " 


On  the  virtuous  Saon  (translated  from  the  Greek) : — 

"  Beneath  this  tomb,  in  sacred  sleep, 
The  virtuous  Saon  lies  : 
Ye  passengers,  forbear  to  weep — 
A  good  man  never  dies." 


Anthony  Arnatjld,  a  celebrated  French  writer,  died 
in  1694,  aged  82.  His  heart  was,  according  to  his 
express  desire,  taken  to  Port  Royal  to  be  interred,  Ra- 
cine went  to  assist  at  the  ceremony,  and  it  was  on  this 
occasion  that  the  celebrated  epitaph  was  written  on 
Arnault)  (by  Racine),  which  is  thus  translated : — 


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Hated  by  some,  by  others  loved, 

Esteem' d  by  all  mankind. 
Fitter  with  patriarchs  to  have  moved, 

Than  in  our  age  perverse  and  blind. 

Arnattld  in  death  is  now  laid  low, 

Mortals  had  ne'er  a  guard  more  starch, 

Error  more  formidable  foe, 

Or  firmer  friend  our  holy  church." 

The  French  Classical  Drama. 


On  Racine,  an  eminent  Erench  poet,  who  died  in 
1699,  aged  60  years  (by  Boileau)  : — 

"  0  toi  qui  que  tu  sois,  que  la  piete  attire  en  ce  saint 
lieu,  plains  dans  un  si  excellent  homme  la  triste  desti- 
nee  de  tous  les  mortels ;  et  quelque  grande  idee  que 
puisse  te  donner  de  lui  sa  reputation,  souviens-toi  que 
ce  sont  des  prieres,  et  non  pas  de  vains  eloges  qu'il  te 
demande." 


On  Louis  de  Camoexs,  the  Yirgil  of  Portugal,  who 
died  at  Lisbon,  1579,  aged  55.  The  following  was 
placed  over  his  tomb,  in  St.  Anne's  church  : — 

"Here  lies  Lotus  de  Camoexs,  Prince  of  the  Poets 
of  his  time.     He  lived  poor  and  miserable  and  died  such. 
Anno  Domini,  1579." 


Inscription  on  the  tomb  of  Dante,  the  celebrated 
Italian  poet.  He  died  Sep.,  1321,  aged  56,  and  was 
buried  in  the  church  of  the  Minories,  Ravenna,  and  his 
original  monument  bears  the  following  inscription : — 

"  S.  Y.  E. 
Jura  monarchic  superos  flegetonta  lacusque. 
Lustrando  cecini  voluerunt  fata  quousque  : 
Sed  quia  pars  cessit  melioribus  hospita  castris 
Actoremque  suum  petiit  fcelicior  astris 
Hie  claudor  Dakthes  patris  exterris,  ab  oris 
Quern  genuit  parvi  Elorentia  mater  amoris." 


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l'OETS  AND  AUTHOltS. 


"When  the  French  Eoyal  Academy  of  Literature 
refused  to  elect  Alexis  Piron,  a  French  dramatist,  a 
member,  he  wrote  himself  the  following  epitaph  : — 


"  Cy  git  Piron,  qui  ne  fut  rien, 
Pas  meme  Academicien." 

Translated : — 

"Piron  lies  here.     What  was  he  pray? 
Nothing;  not  even  an  li.  A." 

He  died  1773,  aged  84  years. 


Leonard  Aretin,  one  of  the  ablest  men  of  eloquence 
and  science  in  the  15th  century,  died  in  1443,  aged  74, 
at  Florence,  where  there  is  a  marble  monument  erected 
to  him,  in  the  church  of  the  Holy  Cross,  with  an  inscrip- 
tion to  the  following  purport : — 

"  Since  the  death  of  Leonard,  history  is  in  mourning; 
eloquence  is  become  mute  ;  the  Greeks  and  Latin  muses 
cannot  forbear  shedding  tears." 


Epitaph  composed  by  Qttintus  Ennius,  a  Latin  poet, 
for  his  own  tomb.     He  died  b.c.  167,  aged  70  : — 

"  Nemo  me  decoret  lacrumis,  nee  funera,  fletu 
Faxit.     Cur?  volito  vivu  per  ora  virum." 


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PERSONS  REMARKABLE  FOR  LONGEVITY. 


At  Bolton,  in  Yorkshire,  is  buried  Hexey  Jmuma, 
the  contemporary  of  Old  Parr.  A  handsome  pyramid 
marks  Ins  grave,  and  in  the  church  is  erected  a  monument 
to  his  memory,  with  this  inscription  (written  by  Dr. 
Thomas  Chapman)  : — 

"  Blush  not,  marble, 

To  rescue  from  oblivion 

The  Alemory  of 

Hexey    Jexkixs. 

A  person  obscure  in  birth, 

But  of  a  life  truly  memorable  :  For 

He  was  enriched 

With  the  goods  of  nature. 

If  not  of  fortune, 

And  happy 

In  the  duration, 

If  not  variety 

Of  his  enjoyments  ;  and 

Tho'  the  partial  world 

Despised  and  disregarded 

His  low  and  humble   state, 

The  equal  eye  of  Providence 

Beheld  and  blessed  it 

"With  a  Patriarch's  health  and  length  of  days  ; 

To  teach  mistaken  man 

These  blessings  are  entailed  on  Temperance, 

A  life  of  labour,  and  a  mind  at  ease. 

He  lived  to  the  amazing  age  of  169. 

~Was  interred  here,   December,    1670, 

And  had  this  justice  done  to  his  memory,  1743." 


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INSTANCES  OF  LONGEVITY. 


On  a  brass  tablet  in  Willaston  chapel,  Shropshire  : — 

"  The  Old,  Old,  very  Old  Man 

Thomas  Pake,* 

was  born  at  the  Grlyn, 

within  This  Chapelry  of  Great  Willaston, 

and  Parish  of  Alberbury, 

in  the  County  of  Salop, 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  1483. 

He  lived  in  the  Reigns  of  Ten  Kings 

and  Queens  of  England  (viz)  K.  EDW.  4. 

K.  EDWD.  5.  K.  EICH.  3.  K.  HEN.  7th. 

K.  HEN.  8th.  EDWd.  6th.  Q.  MARY.  Q.  ELIZ.  K. 

JAMES  1st.  and  K.  CHARLES  1st.,  died  the  13, 

and  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey 

on  the  15th  of  November,  1635, 

Aged  152  Years  and  9  Months." 

The  inscription  in  Westminster  Abbey  is  very  similar 
to  the  above. 


On  a  Cornish  beggar,  named  Beawne  : — 

"  Here  Beawne,  the  quondam  beggar  lies, 
Who  counted  by  his  tale, 
Some  six-score  winters  and  above, 
Such  virtue  is  in  ale. 

Ale  was  his  meat,  his  drink,  his  cloth, 
Ale  did  his  death  reprieve  : 

And  could  he  still  have  drunk  his  ale 
He  had  been  still  alive." 


At  Leigh,  in  Essex  : — 

"Here  lies  the  body  of  Maey  Ellis,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Ellis,  and  Lydia  his  wife,  of  this  parish.     She 


Taylor,  the  Water  Poet,  thus  describes  Old  Parr  in  the  following  lines ; 

"  From  head  to  heel,  his  body  had  all  over, 
A  quick-set,  thick-set,  natural  hairy  cover." 


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EPITAPHS.  ETC. 


was  a  virgin  of  virtuous  character,  and  most  promising 
hopes.  She  died  on  the  3rd  of  .June,  1609,  aged  one 
hundred  and  nineteen." 


On  Margaret  Scott,  who  died  at  Dalkeith,  in  Scotland, 
February  9th,  1738,  aged  125  :— 

"  Stop,  passenger,  until  my  life  you've  read. 
The  Jiving  may  get  knowledge  by  the  dead. 
Five  times  fee  years  I  lived  a  virgin  life  ; 
Ten  times  five  years  I  was  a  virtuous  wife  ; 
Ten  times  five  years  I  lived  a  widow  chaste, 
Xow,  tired  of  this  mortal  life,  I  rest. 
I  from  my  cradle  to  my  grave  have  seen 
Eight  mighty  Kings  of  Scotland,  and  a  Queen  : 
Four  times  five  years  the  commonwealth  I  saw  ; 
Ten  times  the  subjects  rose  against  the  law. 
Twice  did  I  see  old  Prelacy  pulled  down, 
And  twice  the  cloak  was  humbled  by  the  gown. 
An  end  of  Stuarfs  race  I  saw  ;  nay,  more, 
I  saw  my  country  sold  for  English  ore. 
Such  desolations  in  my  time  have  been, 
I  have  an  end  of  all  perfection  seen." 


At  Soham  churchyard,  in  Cambridge  shire  :- 
••  Anno  Domini,  1641, 

JEtatis  sua?  125. 

Here  lies  Docter  "Ward,  whom 

You  knew  well  before ; 
He  was  kind  to  his  neighbour, 

Good  to  the  poor." — Mirror 


On  William  Hisela^d,  at  Chelsea,  aged  112 

'•'Here  rests  William  Hiselaxd. 
a  veteran,  it  ever  soldier  was: 


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Who  merited  well  a  pension, 

If  long  service  be  a  merit, 

Having  served  upwards  of  the  days  of  man. 

Ancient,  but  not  superannuated  ; 

Engaged  in  a  series  of  wars, 

Civil  as  well  as  foreign, 

yet  not  maimed  or  worn  by  either. — 

His  complexion  was  fresh  and  florid  ; 

His  health  hale  and  hearty ; 

His  memory  exact  and  ready. 

In  Stature 

He  excelled  the  military  size  ; 

In  Strength 

He  surpassed  the  prime  of  youth ; 

And 

What  renders  his  age 

Still   more    patriarchal, 

When  above  an  hundred  years  old, 

He  took  unto  him  a  wife. 

Eead  !  fellow  soldiers,  and  reflect 

That  there  is  a  spiritual  warfare 

As  well  as  a  warfare  temporal. 

Born  VI  of  August,  1620,        )     A      ,   u  „  „ 

DiedjVII  "of  February,  1732,   j    Agea  LL 


The  following  records  are  collected  from  among  the 
epitaphs  in  Chelsea  college  burying-ground : — 

"  Thomas  Azbet,      -     -     died  1737  -  aged  112 

Captain  Laurence       -     died  1765  -  aged    95 

Robert  Cumming   -     -     died  1767  -  aged  116 

Peter  Dowling  -  -  died  1768  -  aged  102 
A  Soldier  who  had  fought 

at  the   Battle    of  the 

Boyne  -  -  -  -  died  1772  -  aged  111 
Peter  Bennet,  of  Tyne- 

mouth       -     -     -     -     died  1773  -  aged  107." 


In  Matlock   church,    Derbyshire,    is   the   following 
inscription : — 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  Near  this  place  was  interred  the  Remains  of  Adam 
Wolley,  of  Allen  Hill,  in  this  Parish,  and  of  Grace 
his  Wife  ;  he  was  born  in  the  year  1558,  married  at  the 
parish  Church  of  Darley,  1st  day  of  October,  1581,  and 
after  continuing  in  wedlock  with  his  said  wife  for  the 
long  period  of  76  years,  died  in  the  month  of  August, 
1657,  in  the  100th  year  of  his  age.  She  was  born  in 
the  year  1559,  and  died  in  the  month  of  July,  1669, 
aged  110,  and  for  the  purpose  of  Recording  so  extraor- 
dinary, but  well-authenticated  an  instance  of  longevity 
and  long  continuance  in  the  state  of  wedlock,  their 
great,  great,  great  grandson,  Adam  Wolley,  of  this 
parish,  Gentleman,  caused  this  memorial  to  be  erected 
in  the  year  1824." 


In  Tickhill  churchyard,  Yorkshire  : — 

"This  stone  is  sacred 

To  the  Memory  of 

Eliza  Shaw, 

Who  died  Nov.  10th,  1820, 

Aged  118  years. 

She  lived  in  six  reigns,  and  enjoyed  excellent  health 

until  a  few  hours  previous  to  her  death." 


Inscription  on  a  stone  in  the  Cathedral  churchyard  of 
Peterborough : — 

"In  memory  of  Ann  Askew,  Widow,  who  died 

October— 1783.     Aged  107  years. 

She  survived  her  husband  William  Askew  (who  lies 

buried  near  this  spot)  52  years." 


In  the  churchyard  at  Fulham  : — 

"Under  this  stone  are  deposited  the  remains  of 

Nathaniel   Bench, 

late  of  this  Parish,  Gardener, 


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INSTANCES  OF  LONGEVITY, 


who  departed  this  life,  Jan.  18,  1783, 
Aged  101  years." 


In  Peterborough  Cathedral : — 

"  R.  Scaelett,  died  July  2nd,  1594,  Aged  98. 

You  see  Old  Scaelett' s  picture  stand  on  high, 
But  at  your  feet,  there  doth  his  body  lie. 
His  gravestone  doth  his  age  and  death  time  show, 
His  office  by  these  tokens  you  may  know. 
Second  to  none  for  strength  and  sturdy  limb, 
A  scare-babe  mighty  voice  with  visage  grim. 
He  had  interr'd  two  Queens*  within  this  place, 
And  this  town's  householders  in  his  life's  space 
Twice  over ; — but  at  length  his  own  turn  came, 
What  he  for  others  did,  for  him  the  same 
Was  done  :  no  doubt  his  soul  doth  live  for  aye 
In  Heaven  :  tho'  here  his  body's  clad  in  clay." 


In  Flitten  church,  Bedfordshire  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  Thomas  Hill,  who  was  Receiver- 
General  to  the  Earl  of  Kent,  and  died  26th  of  May, 
1601,  aged  101. 

Aske  how  he  lived,  and  you  shall  know  his  ende ; 
He  died  a  saint  to  God,  to  poore  a  friende. 
These  lines,  men  know,  do  truly  of  him  story, 
Whom  God  hath  called,  and  seated  now  in  glory." 


Inscription  on  a  stone  in  Longnor  churchyard,   Staf- 
fordshire : — 

"  In  memory  of  William  Billings,  who  was  born 
in  a  Corn  Field,  at  Fairfield  head,  in  this  Parish,  in  the 


*  Catherine,  of  Arragon,  the  first  wife  of  Henry  VIII.  and  Mary,  Queen, 
of  Scots,  after  she  was  beheaded  at  Fotheringay. 


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EPITAPHS.  ETC. 


year  1679  : — at  the  age  of  23  years  he  enlisted  into  his 
Majesty's  service,  under  Sir  George  Rook,  and  was  at 
the  taking  of  the  Fortress  of  Gibraltar,  in  1704.  He 
afterwards  served  under  the  Duke  of  Marlbro',  at  the 
ever  memorable  Battle  of  the  Eamillies,  fought  on  the 
23rd  of  May,  1706,  where  he  was  wounded  by  a  musket 
shot  in  the  thigh  :  afterwards  he  returned  to  his  native 
country,  and  with  manly  courage  defended  his  Sove- 
reign's Eights  at  the  Rebellion  in  1715,  and  1745.  He 
died  within  the  space  of  150  yards  of  where  he  was 
born,  and  was  interred  here  the  30th  of  January,  1791, 
aged  112  years. 

Billeted  by  Death,  I  quarter' d  here  remain, 

When  the  Trumpet  sounds,  I'll  rise  and  march  again." 


A  few  remarkable  instances  of  longevity  : — 

Louisa  Truxo,  a  negress,  died  at  Tucumen, 

S.  America 1780     -  aged  175 

Rebecca  Fury,  a  negress,  died  in 

Jamacia 1827     -  aged  140 

Marcus  Apoxices,  died  at  Rimini  -  aged  150 

Trrus  Felloxies,  died  at  Bonoria  -  aged  150 

Mary  Yates,  died  in   Shropshire  1776     -  aged  128 

Galex,  died  at  Pergamus        -     -  271     -  aged  140 

James  Bowles,   died  at  Killing- 
worth         1656     -  aged  152 

Fraxcis  Coesist,   died  in  York- 
shire    --------  1768     -  aged  150 

Evax  Williams,  died  in  Carmar- 
thenshire           1782     -  aged  145 

Col.  T.  AYixseow,  died  in  Ireland  1766     -  aged  144 

C.  J.  Drakexberg,  died  in  Xorway  1770     -  aged  146 

Countess   of  Ecclestox,    died   in 

Ireland 1691     -  aged  143 

A.  Goldsmith,  died  in  France     -  1776     -  aged  140 


At  Bromley,  in  Kent : — 

"Near  this  place  lies  the  body  of  Elizabeth  Moxk, 


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who  departed  this  life  the  27th  day  of  August,  1753, 
aged  101.  She  was  the  widow  of  James  Monk,  late  of 
this  parish,  Blacksmith,  her  second  husband,  to  whom 
she  had  been  a  wife  near  fifty  years,  by  whom  she  had 
no  children,  and  of  the  issue  of  her  first  marriage  none 
lived  to  the  second.  But  Virtue  would  not  suffer  her 
to  be  childless  :  an  Infant,  to  whom  and  to  whose  father 
and  mother  she  had  been  nurse  (such  is  the  uncertainty 
of  temporal  prosperity),  became  dependent  on  Strangers 
for  the  necessaries  of  life. 

To  him  she  afforded  the  protection  of  a  mother. 
This  parental  charity  was  returned  with  filial  affection, 

And  she  was  supported  in  the  feebleness  of  age 

By  him  whom  she  had  cherished  in  the  helplessness  of 

infancy. 

Let  it  he  remembered 
That  there  is  no  situation  in  which  industry  will  not 
obtain  power  to  be  liberal,  nor  any  character  in  which 
liberality  will  not  confer  Honour.  She  had  long  been 
prepared  by  a  simple  and  unaffected  piety  for  that  awful 
moment,  which,  however  delayed,  is  universally  sure. 

How  few  are  allowed  an  equal  time  of  probation ! 

How  many  by  their  lives  appear  to  presume  upon  more  ! 

To  preserve  the  memory  of  this  person, 

But  yet  more  to  perpetuate  the  lesson  of  her  life, 
This   stone   was   erected   by  voluntary   contribution." 


In  Battersea  church,  on  a  brass  plate  : — 

"Hugh  Mokgan,  late  of  Battersea,  Esq., 
Sleepeth  here  in  peace:    Whom  men  did  late  admire  for 
worthful   parts. — To    Queen    Elizabeth    he    was    chief 
Apothecary,  till  her  death. 

And  in  his  science  as  he  did  excel, 
In  her  high  favour  he  did  always  dwell. 
To  God  religious,  to  all  men  kind, 
Frank  to  the  poor,  rich  in  content  of  mind. 
These  were  his  virtues,  in  these  dyed  he, 
When  he  had  liv'd  an  100  years  and  3." 

By  a  Latin  plate  it  appears  that  he  died  Sep.  13,  a. d.  1613, 


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On  a  very  old  man : — 

"  Of  no  distemper,  of  no  blast  he  died, 
But  fell  like  Autumn  fruit  that  mellowed  long 
Even  wondered  at  because  he  dropt  no  sooner ; 
Fate  seem'd  to  wind  him  up  for  fourscore  years, 
Yet  freshly  ran  he  on  ten  winters  more, 
Till,  like  a  clock,  worn  out  with  beating  time, 
The  wheels  of  weary  life  at  last  stood  still." 

Nat.  Lee. 


In  Mellis  churchyard,    Suffolk,    Wm.   Hurn,   died 
March,  1813,  aged  90  :— 

"  Eeader,  if  God  should  give  thee  length  of  days, 
Devote  the  blessing  to  the  Giver's  praise. 
If  short  the  span,  yet  keep  the  heavenly  road, 
That  life  is  long  enough  which  pleases  God." 


In  St.  Michael's  churchyard,  Lichfield,  an  ancient 
tombstone  was  lately  discovered,  which  had  been  buried 
in  the  earth  a  great  number  of  years.  Upon  it  are 
deeply  cut  the  following  inscriptions : — - 

"Here  lyes  the  Body 

of  William  Clarke, 

who  was  Clarke  of  this 

Church  51  years,  and  buried 

March  25th,  1525,  aged  96. 

Here  lyes  the  Body 

of  William  Clarke 

Clarke  of  this  Church  71 

years,  who  died  Septem.  26, 

1562,  and  aged  86. 

The  father  lived  in  the  reigns  of  six  different  kings, 
viz.  Henry  6th,  Edwards  the  4th  and  5th,  Richard  3rd, 
and  Henrys  7th  and  8th.  The  Son  in  seven  reigns  from 
Edward  the  4th  to  Mary  the  1st." — Morning  Chronicle, 
Oct.,  1822. 


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INSTANCES  OF  LONGEVITY. 


On  Stephen  Rtjmbold,  at  Brightwell,  Oxon. : — 
"Born  Feb.,  1582. 

He  lived  one  hundred  and  five, 

Sanguine  and  strong ; 
An  hundred  to  five 

You  live  not  so  long. 

Dy'dMarch4,  1687." 


PARENTS  OF  MANY  CHILDREN. 


At  Aberconway,  in  Carnarvonshire,  in  "Wales  :— 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Nicholas  Hookee,  of  Conway, 
gent.,  who  was  the  one-and-fortieth  child  of  "William 
Hooker,  Esq.,  by  Alice  his  wife,  and  the  father  of 
twenty-seven  children. 

He  died  on  the  20th  of  March,  1637." 


On  William  Rich,  the  father  of  40  children  :— 

"  Beneath  this  stone,  in  sound  repose 
Lies  William  Rich,  of  Lydeard  Close ; 
Eight  wives  he  had,  yet  none  survive, 
And  likewise  children  eight  times  five ; 
From  whom  an  issue  vast  did  pour — 
Of  great  grand-children  five  times  four, 
Rich  born,  rich  bred,  but  fate  adverse, 
His  wealth  and  fortune  did  reverse  ; 
He  lived  and  died  extremely  poor, 
July  the  tenth,  aged  ninety-four." 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC, 


In  St.  Paul's  churchyard,  Bedford.— An  old  grave- 
stone, in  the  above  churchyard,  has  lately  been 
renovated ;    it   bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

"Here  lies  interred  the  body  of  Patience,  the  wife 
of  Shadrack  Johnson  ;  by  her  he  had  twelve  sons  and 
twelve  daughters  ;  she  died  in  childbed,  the  6th  day  of 
June,  1717,  aged  38  years. — 

Shadrach  !   Shadrach  ! 

The  Lord  granted  unto  thee 

Patience, 

Who  laboured  long  and  'patiently 

In  her  vocation ; 

But  her  patience  being  exhausted 

She  departed  in  the  midst  of  her  labour 

-&tat  38. 

May  she  rest  from  her  labours  !  " 


In  the  churchyard  of  Eyrie,  Aberdeenshire  : — 

"  Erected  to  the  memory  of  Alexander  Gray,  some 
time  farmer  in  Mill  of  Burns,  who  died  in  the  96th 
year  of  his  age,  having  had  thirty-two  legitimate 
children  by  two  wives." 


In  the  old  burying- ground  of  Dundee  : — 

"Here  I  lie 
Eppitie  Pye 
My  twenty  bairnies — my  gudeman  and  I." 


At  Wolstanton,  on  Ann  Jennings  : — 

"  Some  have  children — some  have  none- 
Here  lies  the  Mother  of  twenty- one." 


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In  Bremhill  churchyard,  Wilts. — On  the  father  of  a 
large  family  (by  Eev.  W.  L.  Bowles)  : — 

"How  quiet  is  the  bed  of  death, 

Where  the  departing  Christian  lies, 
While  angels  watch  his  parting  breath, 
And  wait  to  close  his  weary  eyes. 

Children,  who  mark  this  lowly  spot, 
With  eyes  perhaps  with  weeping  dim  ! 

Here  lies  your  Father  !  pray  to  God, 
That  you  may  live  and  die  like  him." 


On  Mrs.  Rebecca  Creamer,  mother  of  10  children: 

"  Farewell,  my  husband  and  children  dear, 
I  am  not  dead  but  sleeping  here, 
In  hope  to  wear  the  crown  of  Heaven, 
And  there  to  meet  my  dear  eleven." 


In  St.  Martin's  church,  Leicester  : — ■ 

"Here  lieth  the  body  of  John  Heyrick,  of  this 
parish,  who  departed  this  life  the  second  of  April,  1589, 
being  about  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  He  did 
Marry  Mary,  the  daughter  of  John  Bond,  of  Warden, 
in  the  County  of  Warwick,  Esq.  He  lived  with  the 
said  Mary,  in  one  house,  full  fifty-two  years,  and  in  all 
that  time  never  buried  man,  woman,  nor  child,  though 
they  were  sometimes  twenty  in  household.  He  had 
issue  by  the  said  Mary,  five  sons  and  seven  daughters. 
The  said  John  was  Mayor  of  the  town  in  1559,  and 
again  anno  1572.  The  said  Mary  lived  to  ninety-seven 
years,  and  departed  the  8th  of  December,  1611.  She 
did  see,  before  her  departure,  of  her  children,  and 
children's  children,  and  their  children,  to  the  number 
of  142." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Monksoham,  Suffolk  : — 
"John  Brtjnning  died  Jany.  21,  1817,  aged  50. 


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Farewell,  Dear  Wife,  Farewell, 
For  me  no  Sorrow  make, 

My  Thirteen  Children  lore 
For  their  Dear  Father's  sake." 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  Sir  Thomas  Chal- 
coner, the  father  of  21  children,  in  Chiswick  church  : — 

"  Here  lyeth  the  bodey  of  Sir  Thomas  Chalconer, 
who  was  Knighted  in  the  warres  of  France,  by  King 
Henry  the  Fourth,  an.  1591,  and  after  Governor  in  the 
Minority,  and  Chamberlayne  to  the  late  Prince  of 
famous  memorey,  Henrey,  Prince  of  Wales,  Duke  of 
Cornwall  and  Earle  of  Chester.  He  married  to  his  first 
wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Fleetwood,  Ser- 
geant at  Law  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  Eecorder  of 
London,  by  whom  he  had  yssue,  Thomas  deceased; 
Arthur  deceased  ;  James;  Elizabeth  deceased;  William; 
Edward  ;  Thomas ;  Henry  deceased ;  Arthur  deceased ; 
James ;  Elizabeth  deceased  ;  Mary,  wife  of  Sir  Edward 
Fisher,  Knight;  Elizabeth;  and  Dorothey;  and  died 
22nd  of  June,  an.  1603,  aged  3  yeares;  and  to  his 
second  wife  he  married,  Jude,  the  daughter  of  William 
Blunt,  of  London,  Esquier,  by  whom  he  had  also  yssue, 
Henrey ;  Charles  ;  Fredericke  ;  and  Arthure ;  Anne  ; 
Katherine ;  and  Frances ;  and  she  deceased  the  30th 
day  ©f  June,  an.  1615,  aged  36  yeares;  and  the  afore- 
sayd  Sir  Thomas  Chalconer  died  the  1 8th  day  of  jSov., 
1615,  being  of  the  adge  of  51  yeares. 

An.  Dom.  1721.  In  grateful  remembrance  of  his 
honourable  ancestor,  this  monument  was  repaired  at  the 
charge  of  Edward  Chalconer,  of  Gisbrough,  in  com. 
Ebor,  Esq." 


Numerous  Families  of  Children.^In  the  genealogical 
history  of  Tuscany,  written  by  Gamarini,  mention  is 
made  of  a  nobleman,  of  Sienna,  named  Pichi,  who  by 
three  wives  had  had  150  children  ;  and  that,  being  sent 


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BAD  ORTHOGRAPHY,  ETC. 


ambassador  to  the  pope  and  the  emperor,  he  had  48  of 
his  sons  in  his  retinue. — On  a  monument  in  the  church- 
yard of  St.  Innocent,  at  Paris,  erected  to  a  woman  who 
died  88  years  of  age,  it  is  recorded  that  she  might  have 
seen  288  children  directly  issued  from  her.  But  chil- 
dren here  evidently  includes  grand-children,  &c,  &c. — 
The  faithful  mother  of  the  Dalburg  family  saw  her  off- 
spring of  the  sixth  generation  ;  as  recorded  in  the  fol- 
lowing distich : — 

"  Mater  (1),  ait  natse  (2)  die  natae  (3) 
filia natam  (4), Ut  moneat,  natse (5)plangere  nliolam (6):" 

That  is,  "The  mother  (1),  says  to  her  daughter  (2), 
daughter,  go  tell  your  daughter  (3),  to  advise  her 
daughter  (4),  to  chastise  her  daughter's  (5)  little 
daughter  (6)." 


BAD  ORTHOGRAPHY,  &c. 


In  a  small  churchyard,  near  Folkstone,  in  Kent : — 
"  Here  lyeth  the  bones  of  Mary  Rogers,  who    left 

this  world  a.d.  1692  ;    she  was  a  goode  mother,  wifec, 

and  daughterr. 

All  goud  people,  as  you  pass 

Pray  reed  my  hour  glass ; 

After  sweets  and  bitters  it's  down, 

And  I  have  left  your  pretty  town 

Remember  soon  you  must  prepare  to  fly 

From  all  your  friends  and  come  to  high" 


In  Sculcoate  churchyard,  near  Hull : — 
"  In  Memory  of 

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Jane  the  wife  of  George  Wellihgtoh 
"Who  departed  this  life  the  25  th  of 
13  aged  38  years. 

moarn  not  for  me  i'm  dead  and  gon 
my  loving  husband  gods  will  be  done 
but  on  my  children  pity  take 
and  love  them  for  their  mother's  sake." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Christ  church,,  Hampshire  :  — 

•'  Hark,  hark.  I  hears  a  vol 
The  Lord  made  sweet  babes  for  his  one  choice, 
And  when  His  will  and  pleasure  is 
There  bodies  he  turns  to  dust 
There  souls  to  raise  with  Christ  on  high."' 

Mvg..  1855. 


In  ATottram.  churchyard,  Cheshire  : — 

"  Zounds.  Death !  what  hast  thou  done  : 
\Thy.  thou  hast  taken  Brother  .Joh>- — 
And*  laid  un  under  ground 
Father  had  rather  ha  paid  five  pound." 


Thei  ailment  near  the  baptismal  font  of  St. 

Andrew's  church,  Plymouth,  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion:— 

•'■  Here  lies  the  body  of  Jnrrs  Versos,  Esq.,  only 
ring  son  of  Admiral  Vernon :  died  2  3rd  July,  1753." 


In  Michaelchurch  churchyard,  Herefordshire   — 


BAD  ORTHOGRAPHY,  ETC. 


"  John  Prosser  is  my  name,  and  England  is  my  nation, 
Bowchurch  is  my  dwelling  place,  &  Christ  is  my  salvation. 
No  w  I  am  dead,  and  in  my  grave,  and  all  my  bones  are  rotten 
As  you  pass  by  rememher  me,  when  I  am  quite  forgotten" 


In  Plumstead  churchyard,  Kent  (near  Woolwich),  is 
an  epitaph  to  the  memory  of  James  Darling,  who  died 
23rd  of  July,  1812,  aged  10  years. 

"  "Weep  not  for  me,  my  parents  Beer 
There  is  not  witness  wanted  here 
The  hammer  of  death  was  Give  to  me 
For  eating  the  Cherris  off  the  tree 
Next  morning  death  was  to  me  so  sweet 
My  Blised  Jesus  for  to  meet 
He  did  ease  me  of  my  pain 
And  i  did  Join  his  holy  train 
The  Cruil  one  his  death  can't  shun 
For  he  Most  go  when  his  glass  is  run. 
The  Uorrows  of  death  is  sure  to  meet 
And  take  his  Trail  at  the  Judgment  seat." 


In  Yarmouth  churchyard  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  E.  Scotte,  who  died  September 
28,  1824,  aged  iity-two  years. 

Blissed  are  the  dade  who  did  in  the  Lord." 


At  Westerham,  in  Kent : — 

"  Cheerful  in  death  I  close  mine  eyes. 
Into  thy  arms,  my  God,  I  flies." 


In  St.  Mary-at-Elm  churchyard,  Ipswich,   on  a  child 
who  was  bom  1850,  and  died  1852  :■ — 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  Sweet  Babe  Fail-  Well 
The  Loss  is  Ours 
For  you  Are  Gone  to  Kest, 
The  Shepard  has  But 
Call'd  His  Own 
to  Fold  you  in  his  Breast." 


In  the  old  churchyard  of  Belturbet,  Ireland  : — 

"  Here  lies  John  Higley,  whose  father  and  mother 
were  drowned  on  their  passage  from  America.  Had 
they  both  lived,  they  would  have  been  buried  here." 


In  Tottenham  churchyard,  to  the  memoiy  of  Mrs. 
Deboea.h  White,  who  died  on  the  25th  July,  1805,  at 
the  age  of  40. 

"  Sorrow  and  pain  is  worn  me  quite  ! 
And  :  death  is  welcome  at  my  sight, 
The  life  i  led  :  was  only  a  dream  ? 
And  every  earthly  thing  was  mean, 
Sly  husband  due  !  not  weep  at  me, 
And  you  the  blessed  one  shall  see." 


On  General  Tijlly  : — 

"Here  lies  General  Ttjlly, 
Aged  one  hundred  and  five  years  fully 
Nine  of  his  wives  beside  him  doth  lie, 
And  also  the  others,  when  they  die." 


On  a  beautiful  stone,  in  a  village  churchyard,  near 
Eye,  in  Suffolk ; — 


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BAD  ORTHOGRAPHY,  ETC. 


"  Sacred 

To  the  Memory  of 

Heney 

Lamb 

who  died 

May  15  :   1852 

In  His  91st  year. 

I  will  lay  me  down  in  piece  and  sleep  :  &c." 


In  St.  Philip's  churchyard,  Birmingham  : — 

"  0  cruel  Death  !  how  could  you  be  so  unkind, 
To  take  him  before — and  leave  me  behind. 
You  should  have  taken  both  of  us,  if  either 
Which  would  have  been  more  pleasing  to  the  survivor." 


On  a  gravestone  in  Staverton  churchyard  : — 

"Here  lieth  the  body  of  Betty  Bowden-, 
Who  would  live  longer  but  she  coulden* 
Sorrow  and  grief  made  her  decay, 
Till  her  bad  leg  card  f  her  away." 


In  Monkwearmouth  churchyard,  Durham : — 

"  In  memory  of  Saeah  Willock  wife  of  John  Willock, 
Wo  died  August  15th  1825  aged  48  years. 

She  was,  But  Eeason  For  Bids  me  to  Sa  what, 

But  think  what  a  women  should  Be,  and  She  was  that." 


In  Waddingham  churchyard  : — 

"In  love  we  liv'd,  in  peace  did  part, 
All  tho'  it  cot  us  to  the  Heart, 


Could  not.  t  Carried. 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


0  dear what  thoughts  whe  two  had 

To  get  for  our  12  children  Bread : 

Lord !  send  her  health  them  to  mentain  i — 

1  hope  to  meet  my  love  again." 


At  Ilton,  in  Somersetshire  : — 

"  If  love  and  care  could  me  prevent,    ' 
I  had  not  thus  so  early  went  J " 


In  Sculcoate's  churchyard,  Yorkshire  : — • 
"  In  memory  of  John  West. 
Also  2  Childer  who  died  Infants 


In  a  churchyard,  in  Ireland,  is  this  epitaph  : — 

"  Sere  lie  two  children  dear, 
One  buried  in  England,  the  other  here." 


At  Chiswiek : — ■ 

"J.  L.  H.  bom  December  19.   1802, 
Died  January  8 .   1802." 


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PARISH  CLERKS,  ETC. 


PARISH  CLERKS  AND  SEXTONS. 


In  Crayford  churchyard,  Kent : — 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Peter  Isnel  (30  years 
clerk  of  this  parish).  He  lived  respected  as  a  pious  and 
a  mirthful  man,  and  died  on  his  way  to  church,  to  assist 
at  a  wedding,  on  the  31st  day  of  March,  1811,  aged  70 
years.  The  inhabitants  of  Crayford  have  raised  this 
stone  to  his  cheerful  memory,  and  as  a  tribute  to  his 
long  and  faithful  service. 

The  life  of  this  clerk  was  just  three -score  and  ten, 
Nearly  half  of  which  time  he  had  sung  out  Amen. 
In  his  youth  he  was  married,  like  other  young  men, 
But  his  wife  died  one  day,  so  he  chanted  Amen. 
A  second  he  took — she  departed — what  then  ? 
He  married  and  buried  a  third  with  Amen  ; 
Thus  his  joys  and  his  sorrows  were  treble,  but  then 
His  voice  was  deep  bass,  so  he  sung  out  Amen  ; 
On  the  horn  he  could  blow  as  well  as  most  men, 
So  his  horn  was  exalted  in  blowing  Amen. 
But  he  lost  all  his  wind  after  threescore  and  ten, 
And  now  with  three  wives,  he  waits  till  again, 
The  trumpet  shall  rouse  him  to  sing  out  Amen!'' 


On  a  country  sexton,  in  Wexham  churchyard 

"Here  lies  Old  Hare,  worn  out  with  care, 
Who  whilom  toll'd  the  bell  ; 
Could  dig  a  grave,  or  set  a  stave, 
And  say  (Amcn'  full  well. 


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For  sacred  song,  he'd  Sternhold's  tongue, 

And  Hopkin's  eke  also  : 
With  eongh  and  hem.  he  stood  by  them 

As  far  as  lungs  would  go. 

Many  a  feast  for  worms  he  drest, 
Himself  then  wanting  bread, 

But,  lo  !  he's  gone  with  skin  and  bone 
To  starve  'em  now  he's  dead. 

Here  take  his  spade — and  use  his  trade, 

Since  he  is  out  of  breath  : 
Cover  the  bones  of  him  who  once 

Wrought  journey-work  for  death." 


In  Bakewell  churchyard,  Derbyshire. —  Mr.  Bowe 
filled  the  office  of  parish  clerk,  of  Bakewell,  and  if  the 
gravestone  flatters  not,  "  with  great  ability."  It  tells 
us  in  humble  prose,  that  "the  natural  powers  of  his 
voice,  in  clearness,  strength,  and  sweetness,  were  alto- 
gether unequalled,"  a  commendation  which  is  reiterated 
in  verse  on  the  stone  of  his  son,  in  the  same  churchyard, 
and  who  succeeded  him  in  the  office  of  parish  clerk.  It 
is  insciibed  as  follows  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Philip  Koe,  Parish  Clerk  of 
Bakewell,  who  departed  this  life  on  the  12th  September, 
1815. 

The  vocal  powers  here  let  us  mark, 

Of  PniLiP  our  late  parish  clerk. 

In  church  one  never  heard  a  layman 

With  clearer  voice  say  'Amen.' 

Who  now  with  hallelujah  sound 

Like  him  can  make  the  roofs  rebound? 

The  choir  lament  his  choral  tones, 

The  town  so  soon  here  laid  his  bones. 
Sleep  undisturbed  within  thy  peaceful  shrine, 
Till  angels  wake  thee  with  such  notes  as  thine." 


PARISH  CLERKS,  ETC. 


In  St.  Mary's  churchyard,  Bury  St.  Edmunds 

*  #  *  #  # 

many  years  gravedigger  in  this  town 

after  which  important  office  of 

stowing  the  human  frame  for  its 

last  hopeful  voyage 

departed  this  life, 

Dec.  21,  1821, 

aged  63  years." 


In  Selby  churchyard,  Yorkshire  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  poor  Frank  Rowe, 
Parish  Clerk  and  grave-stone  cutter ; 
And  this  is  writ  to  let  you  know, 
What  Frank  for  others  used  to  do 
Is  now  for  Frank  done  by  another." 


In  St.  Clement's  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 

"  John  Planten,  late  Clerk  of  this  Parish,  died  May 
19,  1809,  aged  33. 

Christ's  Death's  the  ground  of  every  Christian's  hope, 
Though  Atheists  hiss  and  scornful  Deists  sneer. 
Ah  !  Mortals,  mock  not — soon  the  veil  shall  drop — 
An  awful  vast  eternity  is  near — 
That  dreadful  hour  of  retribution  fear." 


On  William  Nott,  shoemaker  of  Bedlam,  near  Lud- 
low, Salop  ;  clerk  and  standing  overseer  of  the  parish : — 

"He  was  Kott  born  of  womankind  : 
And  so  it  may  be  said, 
Altho'  within  this  grave  he  lies 
We  know  he  is  Nott  dead. 


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I— 

No  MM  " 

en  death  gave  him  a  call : 

t  was  firm  an  1 
1  calm  gave  ut  Eds 

Enneh  he  regularly  went 
Upon  the  sabbath-day : 
It  was  his  duty  so  to  do 

lerk,  an-1  ]  | ray. 

His  character  as 
F  :  charity  we  find 

those  who  badly  were  di- 
Hie  was  Nan  very  kind. 

Foolish  or  mad  he  ne~  jt  was 
rfoige  apr 
I  a  very 
In  Bettta     I  rty  7 ears. 

his  shade !    now  "         _ 
There's  no  one  living  can 
But  tell  the  truth,  and  say  that  he 
1  t  an  honest  man. 

n  underneath  this  silent  sod 
We'll  let  him  now  remain, 

e  and  confident  are 
He  it  rise  2  _~iin.** 


In  the  Cathedral  churchyard  of  Peterborough  . — 

••  E  fa  interred  the  body  of 

I  B  xton   of   St.    John   B; 

.  who  died  on  the  11  Day  of  June,  1781, 
aged  6: 

Oft  have  I  view^  this  gloomy  place 
rich  clain  :  the  human  race, 

1  read  on  the  insculpturr  1  stone 

•  Here  lye  the  Body  of" But  now  my  own 

L:  -  native  dust,  and  as  you  see 

Another  here  hath  done  the  sam 


DRUNKARDS. 


On  the  clerk  of  a  country  parish  : — 

"Here  lies  within  this  tomb  so  calm, 
Old  Giles  :  pray  sonnd  his  knell ; 
Who  thought  no  song  was  like  a  psalm, 
N o  music  like  a  bell." 


In  Weston  churchyard,  Cheshire,  on  a  parish  clerk  : — ■ 

Here  lies  entomb' d  within  this  vault  so  dark, 
A  tailor,  cloth-drawer,  soldier,  and  a  clerk. 
Death  snatch'd  him  hence,  and  also  from  him  took 
His  needle,  thimble,  sword,  and  prayer  book  ; 
He  could  no  longer  work,  nor  fight,  what  then  ? 
He  left  the  world,  and  faintly  cried — 'Amen'  " 


DRUNKARDS. 


On  a  drunken  cobbler: — 

"  Enclosed  within  this  narrow  stall, 
Lies  one  who  was  a  friend  to  awl ; 
He  saved  bad  souls  from  getting  worse, 

But his  own  without  remorse, 

And  tho'    a  drunken  life  he  pass'd, 

Yet  sav'd  his  soul,  by  mending  at  the  last" 


On  a  carrier  who  died   intoxicated  (by  Lord  Byron, 
1810)  :—  J  y      ' 


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John  Adams  lies  here,  of  the  parish  of  Southwell, 
A  carrier  who  carried  his  can  to  his  mouth  well. 
He  carried  so  much,  and  he  carried  so  fast, 
He  could  cany  no  more,  so  was  carried  at  last. 
For  the  liquor  he  drank,  being  too  much  for  one, 
He  could  not  cany  off— so  he's  now  earri-on" 


On  an  epicure : — 

"  At  length,  my  friend,  the  feast  of  life  is  o'er, 
I've  eat  enough,  and  I  can  drink  no  more, 
My  night  is  come,  I've  spent  a  jovial  day, 
'Tis  time  to  part, — but,  ah  !    what  is  to  pay:' 


On  an  ignorant,  drunken  sot : — 
"  Five  letters  his  life  and  his  death  will  express, 
He  scarce  knew  ABC,  and  he  died  of  XS." 


On  a  tippling  lady  : — 

"  Her  clay  beneath  this  marble  lies, 
Whose  soul  we  trust  ascends  the  skies, 
She  doubtless,  for  her  taste  and  merits, 
Is  happy in  the  world  of  spirits" 


On  John  Dote,  inn-keeper  of  Mauchline  ( by  Eobert 
Burns) : — 

"  Here  lies  Johnny  Pidgeon, 
"What  was  his  religion 

Whae'er  desire  to  ken, 
To  some  other  warl 
Maun  follow  the  carl, 

For  here  Johnny  Pidgeon  had  nane  ! 


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Strong  ale  was  ablution — 
Small  beer  persecution, 

A  dram  was  his  momento  mori , 
But  a  full  flowing  bowl 
Was  the  saving  his  soul, 

And  Port  was  celestial  glory." 


On  a  gravestone  in  the  churchyard  of  Great  Wolford: — 

"Here  old  John  Randall  lies, 
"Who,  counting  from  his  tale, 
Lived  three-score  years  and  ten, 
Such  virtue  was  in  ale. 
Ale  was  his  meat, 
Ale  was  his  drink, 
Ale  did  his  heart  revive. — 
And  if  he  could  have  drunk  his  ale 
He  still  had  been  alive. 

He  died  January  5, 
1699. 

This  epitaph  was  ordered  to  be  put  here  by  Major 
Thomas  Keyts,  of  this  place,  a  younger  son  of  the  Keats 
of  Ellington,  and  was  a  person  well  known  for  his  good 
humour  and  hospitality,  and  was  well  beloved  in  his 
country." — Notes  and  Queries. 


On  a  drunkard : — 

"Weep  not  for  him,  the  warmest  tear  that's  shed, 
Falls  unavailing  o'er  th'  unconscious  dead ; 
Take  the  advice  these  friendly  lines  would  give- 
Live  not  to  drink,  but  only  drink  to  live." 


On  a  gin  drinker  : — 

Half  burnt  alive,  beneath  this  dunghill  lies 
A  wretch  whose  memory  the  sage  despise. 


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Her  brain  all  tumult ;  ragged  her  attire  ; 
The  sport  of  boys  when  wallowing  in  the  mire. 
Life  did  to  her  like  a  wild  tempest  seem  ; 
And  Death,  as  sinking  to  a  horrid  dream. 

Hence  learn,  ye  brutes,  who  reel  in  human  shape, 
To  you  superior  is  the  grinning  ape  : 
For  nature's  wise  impulses  he'll  pursue, 
Whilst  each  dread  start  of  frenzy  governs  you." 


M I S  E  K  S . 


On  an  old  miser  : — 

"Here  lies  Father  Spakges, 
Who  died  to  save  charges. 


On  a  miser  : — 

Eeader,  beware,  immoderate  love  of  pelf! 

Here  lies  the  worst  of  thieves — who  robb'd  himself." 


On  a  miser  : — 

"Here  lies  Old  Father  Geipe, 
Who  never  cried  '  Jam  satis.' 
'T would  wake  him  did  he  know, 
You  read  his  tombstone — gratis." 


On  a  miser  : — 

A  wealthy  merchant  died,  his  body  was  dissected, 


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No  sympton  of  disease  was  any  where  detected, 

Until  they  reach' d  the  heart,  which  to  find  they  were 

unable, 
But  in  its  place  they  found,  a  Compound  Interest  Table." 


John  Combe,  of  usurious  memory,  told  Shakspeare, 
that  he  fancied  he  intended  to  write  his  epitaph,  if  he 
happened  to  outlive  him ;  and  since  he  could  not  know 
what  might  be  said  of  him  when  dead,  he  desired  it 
might  be  done  immediately;  upon  which  Shakspeare 
gave  him  these  lines  : — 

"  Ten  in  the  hundred  lies  here  ingraved, 
'Tis  an  hundred  to  ten  his  soul  is  not  saved  : 
If  any  man  ask,  who  lies  in  this  tomb  ? 
Oh!  oh!  quoth  the  Devil,  '  'tis  my  John-a-Combe." 

Shakspeare  survived  him  nearly  2  years,  and  in  the 
church  of  Stratford,  close  by  the  tomb  of  Shakspeare, 
is  a  full-length  effigy  of  John  Coomb,  cut  in  alabaster, 
with  a  gown  on,  and  the  following  inscription  : — 

"Here  lyeth  interred  the  Body  of  Jonisr  Coomb,  Esq. ; 
who  dy'd  the  10th  of  July,  1614,  who  bequeathed  several 
Annual  Charities  to  the  Parish  of  Stratford,  and  £100 
to  be  lent  to  fifteen  poor  Tradesmen  from  three  years  to 
three  years,  Changing  the  Parties  every  third  Year,  at 
the  rate  of  fifty  Shillings  per  Annum,  The  Increase  to 
be  distributed  to  the  Almes-poore  there." 


On  a  miser: — 

"  Here  lies  one  who  for  medicines  would  not  give 
A  little  gold,  and  so  his  life  he  lost ; 
I  fancy  now  he'd  wish  again  to  live, 

Could  he  but  guess  how  much  his  funeral  cost. 


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On  a  liar  : — 

"  Good  passenger,  one  does  lie  here 
Who  living,  did  lie  everywhere." 


On  a  notorious  liar  : — 

"  I  always  lied,  and  lied  till  Death, 
But  now  I  lie  for  want  of  breath." 


On  an  inveterate  liar  : — 

"  Of  William  Knox  this  truth  may  say, 
And  there  is  no  denying, 
That  here  till  he  was  forced  to  lay 
He  never  gave  up  lying." 


"  Tinder  this  stone 
Lies  Mister  Bone  ; 
He  lying  lived,  and  lying  died, 
For  dying  or  living,  he  always  lied." 


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MAIDENS  AND   LADIES. 


On  a  Gallant  Lady. — By  the  Honorable  Mrs.  Monk, 
daughter  of  Lord  Molesworth,  and  a  celebrated  poetess. 
She  died  in  1715:— 

"  O'er  this  marble  drop  a  tear, 
Here  lies  fair  Rosalind. 
All  mankind  were  pleased  with  her, 
And  she  with  all  mankind." 

Jones1 8  Biog.  Die. 


On  an  old  maid  (by  ¥m.  Cowper,  the  poet)  : — 

"  For  threescore  years,  this  life  Cleoea  led, 
At  morn  she  rose,  at  night  she  went  to  bed." 


On  an  old  maid,  who  dropped  10  years  of  her  age 

"  A  stiff-starch' d  virgin  of  nnblemish'd  fame, 
And  spotless  virtue,  Bridget  Cole  by  name  ; 
At  length  the  death  of  all  the  righteous  dies, 
Aged  just  four  and  fifty — '  Here  she  Lies.''  " 


On  a  lady,  famed  for  her  caprice  (by  Robert  Burns): 
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i(  Here  lies,  now  a  prey  to  insulting  neglect, 

What  once  was  a  butterfly,  gay  in  life's  beam ; 
Want  only  of  wisdom  denied  her  respect, 
Vwant  only  of  goodness  denied  her  esteem." 


On  an  old  Lady,  in  Hendon  churchyard,  Middlesex: — 

Reader  !  she  rambled  all  this  desert  through 
In  search  of  happiness  :  nor  found  repose 
Till  she  had  reached  the  borders  of  the  waste  : 
Full  many  a  flower  that  blossom' d  in  her  path 
She  stopt  to  gather;  and  the  fruit  she  pluck' d 
That  hung  from  many  a  tempting  bough  :   all  but 
The  Rose  of  Sharon  and  the  Tree  of  Life. 
This  flung  its  fragrance  to  the  gale,  and  spread 
Its  blushing  beauties  ;  that  its  healing  leaves 

Displayed,  and  fruit  immortal all  in  vain. 

She  neither  tasted,  nor  admired ;  and  found 

All  that  she  chose  and  tasted,  fair — but  false ; 

The  flowers  no  sooner  gathered,  than  they  faded ; 

The  fruits  enchanting,  dust  and  bitterness ; 

And  all  the  world  a  wilderness  of  care. 

Wearied,  dispirited,  and  at  the  close 

Of  this  eventful  course,  she  sought  the  plant 

Which  long  her  heedless  haste  o'erlooked  :  and  prov'd 

Its  sovereign  virtues  :  underneath  its  shade 

Outstretched,  drew  from  her  wounded  feet  the  thorns, 

Breath' d  the  last  sigh shed  the  last  tear 

And  here  the  aged  pilgrim  rests  in  trembling  hope." 


On  Irish  Xell,  of  Wapping. — A  heroine  of  some 
celebrity,  distinguished  by  the  name  of  Irish  Nell, 
died  some  time  ago,    in  Well-court,    Wapping.      Her 

house  had  long  been  a  friendly  asylum  for  travellers  of 
every  description.  The  inhabitants  of  the  frozen  regions, 
and  the  negro  from  the  sultry  climes  of  Ethiopia,  often 
sought  refuge  under  her  roof.  Jews,  Turks,  Christians, 
and  Pagans,  received  the  same  welcome.  Their  accom- 
modation was  liberal,  on  reasonable  terms;  and,  unlike 


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MAIDENS  AND  LADIES. 


many  who  keep  lodging-houses  for  the  reception  of 
foreigners,  she  never  practised  imposition.  In  her  will 
she  requested  to  be  buried  in  her  best  clothes,  and  left 
£5  as  an  indemnity  to  the  parish,  in  case  the  penalty 
should  he  enacted  of  them,  for  suffering  her  to  be  in- 
terred in  linen.  The  remains  of  poor  Nell  were  interred 
in  Stepney  burial-ground,  in  the  presence  of  a  number 
of  mourners.  The  following  epitaph  was  written  for 
her  head-stone : — 

"  Flashy  Nell,  of  Old  "Wapping,  lies  under  this  clay, 
In  a  new  gown  and  petticoat,  deck'd  out  quite  gay. 
Death  called  at  her  lodgings — she  put  on  her  best, 
And  he  took  her  away  to  his  dwelling  of  rest." 


Epitaph  on  a  tomb,  in  Old  Pancras  churchyard.  It 
is  100  years  old,  and  refers  to  a  lady  who  died  at  the 
age  of  23  : — 

"  Go,  spotless  honour  and  unsullied  truth  ; 

Go,  smiling  innocence  and  blooming  youth  ; 

Go,  female  sweetness,  joined  with  manly  sense ; 

Go,  winning  wit  that  never  gave  offence; 

Go,  soft  humanity  that  blest  the  poore  ; 

Go,  saint-eyed  patience  from  affliction's  door  ; 

Go,  modesty  that  never  wore  a  frown ; 

Go,  virtue,  and  receive  thy  heavenly  crown. 
Not  from  a  stranger  came  this  heartful  verse,    [hearse." 
The  friend  inscribed  thy  tomb,  whose  tear  bedew' d  thy 


On  a  lady  : — 

:<  Here  lies  a  lady,  who,  if  not  belied, 
Took  wise  St.  Paul's  advice,  and  all  things  tried : 
Nor  stopt  she  here  ;  but  followed  through  the  rest, 
And  always  stuck  the  longest  to  the  best." 


In  Membury  church,  near  Axminster,  in  Devonshire, 
against  the  eastern  wall,  is  an  elegant  mural  monument, 


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consisting  of  the  bust  of  a  young  female,  surrounded  by 
flowers,  very  well  sculptured  in  white  marble  ;  beneath 
it  is  a  tablet  with  this  inscription : — 

"  Frances,  daughter  of  Robert  Fey,  of  Tarty,  Esq., 
by  Frances,  his  wife,  dyed  18th  March,  1718,  set  suse  17, 
who,  disconsolate  for  her  loss,  erected  this  monument  to 
her  dear  memory : 

Stop,  passenger  !  and  view  ye  mournful  shrine 
Which  holds  ye  reliques  of  a  form  divine. 
0  !  she  was  all  perfection,  heavenly  fair, 
And  chaste  and  innocent  as  vestals  are, 
Her  wit,  her  humour,  and  her  youth  conspired 
To  warm  the  soul,  and  all  who  saw  admired. 
But,  ah  !  how  soon  was  all  this  heaven  of  charms 
Rifled  by  Death,  and  withered  in  his  arms  ; 
Too  soon  for  us,  but  not  for  her  too  soon, 
For  now  upon  ye  wings  of  angels  flown 
Her  native  skies,  she's  by  her  God  carest, 
And  keeps  the  eternal  sabbath  of  ye  blest. 
Learn  hence,  believers  (good  reader),  to  be  wise, 
This  trifling  world  and  all  its  joys  despise ; 
With  each  high  virtue  let  thy  bosom  swell, 
And  live  like  her,  yt  you  may  dye  so  well." 


In  the  chancel  floor  of  the  above  church,  is  a  stone 
bearing  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  In  memory  of  Mrs.  Elino^e  Fey,  youngest  daughr. 
of  Wm.  Fry,  of  Tarty,  Esq.,  who  dyed  August  27, 
A.D.  1705,  aged  83.— 

Who,  whilst  she  lived  a  virgin  pure 
Desired  her  dust  might  rest  secure, 
With  grave  beneath  this  stone,  before 
The  last  trump  sounded  times  no  more." 


On  a  young  lady  (by  Hannah  More)  : — 
Go,  peaceful  shade  !  exchange  for  sin  and  care 
The  glorious  palm  which  patient  sufFrers  wear ! 
Go,  take  the  meed  victorious  meekness  gains, 


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Go,  wear  the  crown  triumphant  faith  obtains. 
Those  silent  graces  which  the  good  conceal, 
The  day  of  dread  disclosure  shall  reveal ; 
Then  shall  thy  mild,  retiring  virtues  rise, 
And  God,  both  judge  and  witness,  give  the  prize. 


"  Sleep  on,  fair  maid,  fulfil  thy  Maker's  will, 
Arise,  unchang'd,  and  be  an  angel  still." 


An  epitaph  for  a  virgin  : — 

"  Here  a  solemne  fast  we  keepe, 
While  all  beauty  lies  asleepe ; 
Husht  be  all  things !  no  noyse  here 
But  the  toning  of  a  tear  ; 
Or  a  sigh  of  such  as  bring 
Cowslips  for  her  covering." 

Robert  Herriclc. 


On  a  fair  maid  in  South  Wales,  lately  erected  :- 

"  The  village  maidens  to  her  grave  shall  bring 
The  fragrant  garland  each  returning  spring  ; 
Selected  sweets !  an  emblem  of  the  maid 
Who  underneath  this  hallow' d  turf  is  laid." 


On  Miss  Bttrdett. — In  the  chancel  of  Eamsbury 
church  is  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Miss  Eleanoka 
Btjkdett,  who  died  Nov.  27,  1797,  aged  26  years;  and 
the  following  inscription  which  was  written  by  her  bro- 
ther, Sir  Francis  Burdett : — 

"Not  formal  duty  prompts  these  mournful  lays ; 
No  painted  shew  of  grief  these  lines  impart ; 
No  cold,  unfeeling,  stale,  insipid  praise ; 
But  sorrow,  flowing  from  the  o'erfraught  heart. 


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No  need  hast  thou  of  monumental  verse, 
Lamented  maid  !  to  prove  thy  worth  was  high  ; 
The  widow's  tear  bedews  thy  modest  hearse  ; 
Thy  name  is  honoured  with  the  poor  man's  sigh ! 

The  sons  of  want,  with  unavailing  woe, 
To  Heaven  their  eyes  in  anguish  must  uprear, 
A  thousand  blessings  on  thy  name  bestow, 
Hang  o'er  thy  grave,  and  drop  the  silent  tear. 

1  Alas  !'  they  cry,  '  that  feeling  heart  is  cold, 
That  lib'ral  hand  which  gave  to  all  relief, 
That  tongue  whose  sweetness  never  can  be  told, 
Which  charmed  our  ears,  and  soothed  our  sharpest  grief.' 

If  thou  canst  look,  bright  angel,  from  above, 
As  to  thy  God  thou  bend'st  th'  adoring  knee, 
Accept  the  tribute  of  a  brother's  love, 
And  in  thy  orisons  remember  me." 


On  a  young  maiden,  who  died  of  consumption,  aged 
21  years : — 

"  Death's  icy  hand  in  life's  fair  morn, 
Untimely  chilled  the  purple  tide ; 
When,  like  a  rosebud  rudely  torn, 
She  droop'd — she  linger' d,  and  she  died." 


On  the  monument  of  Mary  Frampton,  who  died  at 
Bath,  1698,  aged  21  years  (by  John  Dryden)  : — 

"  Below  this  marble  monument  is  laid 
All  that  Heaven  wants  of  this  celestial  maid ; 
Preserve,  0  sacred  Tomb,  thy  trust  consign' d ; 
The  mould  was  made  on  purpose  for  the  mind, 
And  she  would  lose,  if  at  the  latter  day, 
One  atom  could  be  mixed  with  other  clay. 
Such  were  the  features  of  her  heavenly  face, 
Her  limbs  were  form'd  with  such  harmonious  grace, 
So  faultless  was  the  frame,  as  if  the  whole 
Had  been  an  emanation  of  the  soul, 


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"Which  her  own  inward  symmetry  reveal' d ; 

And  like  a  picture  shone  in  glass  anneal'd, 

Or  like  the  sun  eclipsed,  Avith  shaded  light, 

Too  piercing,  else,  to  be  sustain'd  by  sight  ; 

Each  thought  was  visible  that  roll'd  within, 

As  through  a  crystal  case  the  figur'd  hours  are  seen; 

And  Heaven  did  this  transparent  veil  provide, 

Because  she  had  no  guilty  thought  to  hide. 

All-white,  a  virgin  saint,  she  sought  the  skies ; 

For  marriage,  though  it  sullies  not,  it  dies. 

High  though  her  wit,  yet  humble  was  her  mind,  ] 

As  if  she  could  not,  or  ye  would  not,  find 

How  much  her  worth  transcended  all  her  kind.    ) 

Yet  she  had  learned  so  much  of  heaven  below, 

That  when  arrived,  she  scarce  had  more  to  know, 

But  only  to  refresh  the  former  hint, 

And  read  her  Maker  in  a  fairer  print. 

So  pious,  as  she  had  no  time  to  spare 

Por  human  thoughts,  but  was  confined  to  prayer. 

Yet  in  such  charities  she  passed  the  day, 

'Twas  wondrous  how  she  found  an  hour  to  pray. 

A  soul  so  calm,  it  knows  not  ebbs  or  flows, 

Which  passion  could  but  curl,  not  discompose. 

A  female  softness,  with  a  manly  mind ; 

A  daughter  duteous,  and  a  sister  kind  ; 

In  sickness  patient,  and  in  death  resigned." 


In  Toddington  church,  Beds.,  is  a  magnificent  monu- 
ment in  memory  of  Lady  Mama  Wentwoeth,  who  died 
at  the  early  age  of  18,  in  the  year  1632.  The  inscrip- 
tion is : — 

"And  here  the  precious  dust  is  laid, 
"Whose  puerile  tempered  clay  was  made 
So  fine,  that  it  the  guest  betrayed. 

Else  the  soul  grew  so  fast  within, 
It  broke  the  outward  shell  of  sin, 
And  so  was  hatch' d  a  cherubim. 

In  height  it  soar'd  to  God  above; 
In  depth  it  did  to  knowledge  move ; 
And  spread  in  breadth  to  general  love. 


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Before  a  pious  duty  shin'd 
To  parents ;  courtesy  behind  ; 
On  cither  side  an  equal  minde. 

Good  to  the  poor,  to  kindred  dear, 
To  servants  kind,  to  friendship  clear- 
To  nothing  but  herself  severe. 

So,  though  a  virgin,  yet  a  bride, 
To  every  grace  she  justified 
A  chaste  polygamy,  and  died.'7 


On  a  maid  : — 

"  This  little  vault,  this  narrow  room. 
Of  love  and  beauty  is  the  tomb  ; 
The  dawning  beam  that  'gan  to  clear 
Our  clouded  sky,  lies  darkened  here  ; 
For  ever  set  to  us  by  death 
So  to  inflame  the  world  beneath. 
'"Twas  but  a  bud,  yet  did  contain 
More  sweetness  than  shall  spring  again ; 
A  budding  star  that  might  have  grown 
Into  a  sun,  when  it  had  blown  : 
This  hopeful  beauty  did  create 
New  life  in  love's  declining  state  : 
But  now  Iris  empire  ends,  and  we 
From  fire  and  wounding  darts  are  free  : 
His  brand,  his  bow,  let  no  man  fear, 
The  flames,  the  arrow,  all  lie  here." 


On  Miss  Stanley  (by  Jas.  Thomson) : — 

"  Here,  Stanley,  rest,  escap'd  this  mortal  strife, 
Above  the  joys,  beyond  the  woes  of  life. 
Fierce  pangs  no  more  thy  lively  beauties  stain, 
And  sternly  try  thee  with  a  year  of  pain: 
!No  more  sweet  patience,  feigning  oft  relief, 
Lights  thy  sick  eye,  to  cheat  a  parent's  grief : 
With  tender  art,  to  save  her  anxious  groan, 
No  more  thy  bosom  presses  down  its  own  : 


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Now  well-earn' d  peace  is  thine,  and  bliss  sincere, 
Ours  be  the  lenient,  not  unpleasing  tear  ! 

0  born  to  bloom,  then  sink  beneath  the  storm  ; 
To  show  us  Yirtue  in  her  fairest  form ; 
To  show  us  artless  Eeason's  moral  reign, 
What  boastful  Science  arrogates  in  vain ; 
The  obedient  passions  knowing  each  their  part ; 
Calm  light  the  head,  and  harmony  the  heart ! 

Yes,  we  must  follow  soon,  will  glad  obey, 
"When  a  few  suns  have  roll'd  their  cares  away, 
Tir'd  with  vain  life,  will  close  the  willing  eye  : 
'Tis  the  great  birth-right  of  mankind  to  die. 
Blest  be  the  bark !  that  wafts  us  to  the  shore, 
Where  death-divided  friends  shall  part  no  more : 
To  join  thee  there,  here  with  thy  dust  repose, 
Is  all  the  hope  thy  hapless  mother  knows." 


On  lady  Ann,  a  famous  fortune-teller  in  Westminster, 
who  died  1750: — 

"Here  lies  the  corpse  of  Lady  Ann, 
Blame  her  who  list,  and  praise  who  can  ; 
Tho'  skill'  d  in  deep  astrology, 
She  could  not  read  her  destiny. 
In  her  observe  each  creature's  lot, 
And  mend  thy  manners  Master  Scott. 
Sure  as  thou  didst  her  coffin  make, 
So  death,  thy  doom  shall  undertake." 


On  Elizabeth  L.  H.  (by  Ben  Jonson)  : — 

"  Would' st  thou  hear  what  man  can  say 

In  a  little  ?  reader,  stay. 
Underneath  this  stone  doth  lie 

As  much  beauty  as  could  die  : 
Which  in  life  did  harbour  give 

To  more  virtue  than  could  live. 
If,  at  all,  she  had  a  fault, 

Leave  it  buried  in  this  vault. 

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One  name  was  Elizabeth, 

Th'  other  let  it  sleep  in  death  ; 

Fitter,  where  it  died,  to  tell, 

Than  that  it  liv'd  at  all.     Farewell ! 


On  a  lady  : — 

Good  sense  and  good  fortune  this  lady  possess' d, 
But  how  she  employed  them,  her  day  book  shews  best, 
Forty  shillings  a  year  she  bestowed  on  the  poor. 
But  on  superfluity  for ty  times  more." 


On  a  lady  : — 

"  The  purest  soul  that  e'er  was  sent 
Into  a  clayie  element 
Inform' d  this  dust ;  but  the  weak  mold 
Could  the  great  guest  no  longer  hold  : 
The  substance  was  too  pure,  the  flame 
Too  glorious  that  thither  came. 
Ten  thousand  Cupids  brought  along, 
As  grace  on  each  wing  that  did  throng 
For  place  there,  till  they  all  opprest 
The  seat  in  which  they  ought  to  rest. 
Thus  the  fair  model  broke,  for  want 
Of  room  to  lodge  the  inhabitant." 


JUDGES,  STATESMEN,  &c. 


Sir  Matthew  Hale  was  buried  in  the  churchyard 
of  Alderleyj  in  Gloucestershire.  He  desired  by  his  will 
that  his  funeral  should  be  private — conducted  without 


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pomp — and  that  a  marble  stone  should  be  laid  on  his 
grave,  inscribed  only  with  his  name  ;  meaning,  probably, 
without  the  praises  which  so  often  encumber  such  me- 
morials; for  the  following  inscription  was  written  by 
himself  (it  is  in  Latin,  and  is  thus  translated)  : — 

"  Here  is  buried  the  body  of  Matthew  Hale,  Knight, 
only  son  of  Robert  Hale,  and  Joan  his  wife ;  who  was 
born  in  this  parish  of  Alderley,  on  the  first  day  of 
November,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1609:  and  died  in 
the  same  place,  on  the  25th  of  December,  1676,  in  the 
67th  year  of  his  age." — Hone's  Life  of  Rale. 


Monument  to  the  duke  and  duchess  of  Newcastle,  in 
Westminster  Abbey.  The  duke  died  1676,  and  the 
duchess  in  1673.  In  their  robes  of  state,  they  rest  side 
by  side  on  a  marble  slab,  supported  by  pedestals.  The 
monument  bears  this  inscription  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  loyal  Duke  of  Newcastle,  and  his 
Duchess,  his  second  wife,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue. 
Her  name  was  Margaret  Lucas,  youngest  sister  to  Lord 
Lucas,  of  Colchester  ;  a  noble  family,  for  all  the  brothers 
were  valiant,  and  all  the  sisters  virtuous.  This  Duchess 
was  a  wise,  witty,  and  learned  lady,  which  her  many 
books  will  testify.  She  was  a  most  virtuous  and  a  loving 
and  careful  wife,  and  was  with  her  lord  all  the  time  of 
his  banishment  and  miseries,  and  when  he  came  home 
never  parted  from  him  in  his  solitary  retirement." 


In  Graveney  church,  near  Feversham,  in  Kent,  is  a 
Latin  epitaph,  on  Judge  Martyn,  of  which  the  follow- 
ing is  a  translation  : — 

"  S.  M. 
John  Martyn,  one  of  the  judges  of  the  king's  bench, 
during  the  reign  of  Henry  VI,  died  1469. 

Stay,  traveller,  and  here  incline  thine  eye, 
Where  'neath  this  stone  my  mortal  reliques  lie  : 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  mine,  behold  the  image  of  thy  fate, 

And,  weeping,  own  life's  short  and  troubled  date. 

Unsought,  unthought,  unwelcome  death  appears 

And  blights  the  promise  of  extended  years. 

Once,  cloth' d  in  state,  my  tongue  pronounc'd  the  law, 

Now  in  my  turn  with  reverential  awe, 

Before  the  dread  tribunal  must  I  stand, 

And,  trembling,  plead,  at  God's  most  high  command  : 

So  shall  the  judge  be  judged :  thus  pass  away 

Light,  law,  and  life,  the  baubles  of  a  day. 

In  cold  oblivion  sleeps  my  honour' d  fame, 

And  scarce  the  tomb  records  my  boasted  name. 

How  awful  is  this  change !  yet  when  from  crime 

My  soul  is  purified,  when  with' ring  time 

Sinks  in  eternity,  this  mould'ring  frame, 

Cloth' d  with  celestial  light,  may  humbly  claim 

Amid  thy  saints  to  stand,  thy  mercies  own, 

And  bow  the  knee  of  worship  at  thy  throne." 


Sir  "William  "Walworth,  the  lord  mayor  of  London 
in  the  reign  of  Richard  II.,  was  formerly  a  fishmonger. 
The  following  is  a  transcript  of  the  epitaph  placed  over 
his  tomb  in  St.  Michael's  church,  Crooked  lane : — 

"  Here  under  lyeth  a  man  of  fame, 
"William  Walwoeth,  called  by  name ; 
Fishmonger  he  was,  in  lefe  time  here, 
And  twice  Lord  Mayor,  as  in  books  appear  : 
"Who  with  courage,  stout  and  manly  might, 
Slew  Wat  Tyler,  in  King  Richard's  sight ; 
For  which  act  done,  and  true  intent, 
The  Xing  made  him  Knight  incontinent, 
And  gave  him  arms  as  here  you  see, 
To  declare  his  fact  and  chivalry ; 
He  left  this  life,  the  year  of  our  Lord 
Thirteen  hundred,  fourscore,  three  and  odd." 


Heney  Maeten,  the  regicide  and  friend  of  Cromwell, 
spent  more  than  20  years  in  confinement  in  Chepstow 
castle,   in   Monmouthshire,    and  died  there,    and   was 


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buried  in  Chepstow  church,  with  the  following  epitaph 

on  a  monument,  written  by  himself : — 

"  Here 

September  the  9th,  in  the  year  of  our 

Lord,   1680, 

Was  buried  a  true  Englishman, 

Who  in  Berkshire  was  well  known, 
To  love  his  country's  freedom  'bove  his  own, 
But  living  immured  full  twenty  year, 
Had  time  to  write,  as  doth  appear 
His   epitaph. 
H  ere  or  elsewhere  (all's  one,  to  you,  to  me), 
E  arth,  air,  or  water,  gripes  my  ghostless  dust. 
~N  one  knows  how  soon  to  be  by  fire  sett  free. 
E  eader,  if  you  are  often  tryed,  rule  with  trust 
Y  ou'll  gladly  do  and  suffer  what  you  must. 

M  y  life  was  spent  with  serving  you,  and  you, 

A  nd  death's  my  pay  (it  seems)  and  welcome  too; 

B  evenge  destroying  but  itself,  while  I 

T  o  birds  of  prey  leave  my  old  cage,  and  fly, 

E  xamples  preach  to  th'eye,  care  then  (mine  says) 

N  ot  how  you  end,  but  how  you  spend  your  days. 

Heney  Marten." 


On  the  earl  of  Leicester. — Eobeet  Dudley,  Queen 
Elizabeth's  Earl  of  Leicester,  died  September  4th,  1588, 
aged  57  years.  It  had  been  suspected  he  died  of  poison, 
and  that  his  lady  served  him  as  he  is  said  to  have  served 
others  ;  but  a  passage  in  "  Drummond's  Conversations" 
goes  far  to  prove  that  it  was  unintentional.  "  The 
Earl  of  Leicester  gave  a  bottle  of  liquor  to  his  lady, 
which  he  willed  her  to  use  in  any  faintness  :  which  she, 
after  his  return  from  court,  not  knowing  it  was  poison, 
gave  him,  and  so  he  died."  In  the  HawthorndenMSS. 
is  the  following  epitaph  "  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester," 
probably  communicated  to  Drummond  by  Ben  Jonson : — 

"  Here  lies  a  valiant  warrior 
Who  never  drew  a  sword ; 
Here  lies  a  noble  courtier, 
Who  never  kept  his  word ; 


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Here  lies  the  Earl  of  Leister 

Who  governed  the  estates, 
Whom  the  earth  could  never  living  love, 

And  the  just  heaven  now  hates." 

From  various  sources. 


The  resting-place  of  Oliver  Cromwell  : — 

"  Oliver  Cromwell  quitted  his  farming,  and  under- 
took a  Hercules'  labour  and  life-long  wrestle.  His 
wages,  as  I  understand,  were,  burial  under  the  gallows- 
tree,  near  Tyburn  turnpike,  with  his  head  on  the  gable 
of  Westminster  Hall ;  and  two  centuries  now  of  mixed 
cursing  and  ridicule  from  all  manner  of  men.  His  dust 
lies  under  the  Edgeware  road,  near  Tyburn  turnpike  at 
this  hour.  We  believe  there  is  no  Tyburn  turnpike 
now,  but  the  bones  of  Oliver  rest  beneath  the  mile- 
post  on  the  park-side  of  the  way,  which  serves  as  the 
Lord  Protector's  Tombstone." — Carlyle's  Past  8f  Present. 


Inscription  on  the  tomb  of  the  Eight  Honourable 
Spencer  Perctval,  in  St.  Luke's  church,  Charlton,  in 
Kent  :— 

"  Near  this  place  are  the  mortal  remains  of  the  Right 
Hon.  Spencer  Percival,  Eirst  Lord  of  the  Treasury, 
and  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  who  died  the  11th  of 
May,  1812,  in  the  Commons  House  of  Parliament,  in 
the  50th  year  of  his  age.  His  noblest  epitaph  is  the 
regret  of  his  Sovereign  and  his  country — his  most  splen- 
did monument  the  glory  of  England,  by  his  counsels 
maintained,  exalted,  amplified.  But  the  hand  of  an 
assassin  not  only  broke  asunder  the  brilliant  chains  of 
duty  which  bind  the  statesman  to  his  native  land,  and 
made  a  void  in  the  high  and  eloquent  councils  of  the 
nation  :  it  severed  ties  more  tender  and  delicate,  those 
of  conjugal  and  parental  affection,  and  turned  a  home 
of  peace  and  love  into  a  house  of  mourning  and  desola- 
tion." 


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Monument  to  the  Et.  Hon.  Spencer  Peecival,  in 
"Westminster  Abbey. — The  monument  consists  of  an 
efiigy  of  the  unfortunate  minister,  with  a  statue  of 
power,  indicated  by  the  faces,  weeping  over  him,  and 
figures  of  Truth  and  Temperance,  the  one  distinguished 
by  a  bridle  and  the  other  by  a  mirror,  erect  at  his  feet. 
Along  the  back-ground  runs  an  animated  scene  in  basso- 
relievo,  descriptive  of  the  lobby  of  the  House  of  Com- 
mons, at  the  moment  of  his  fall.  On  the  base  of  the 
monument  is  this  inscription  : — 

"  In  Memory  of  the  Rt.  Hon.  Spencer  Perceval, 

Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.  Pirst  Lord  of  the  Treasury. 

This  monument  was  erected  by  the  Prince  regent 

and  Parliament,  to  record  their  deep  sense  of  his 

public  and  private  virtues ; 

and  to  mark  the  natural  abhorrence  of  the  act  by  which 

he  fell. 

Born  1st  November,  1762.     Assassinated  within  the 

walls  of  the  House  of  Commons,  11th  May,  1812." 


In  Everton  Church,  Huntingdonshire. — In  the  above 
church  is  the  following  inscription  on  a  monument : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  Sir  Humphrey  Winche,  alias  de 
la  "Winche,  Knt.,  who,  in  the  4th  year  of  King  James 
A.  D.  1606,  was  sent  by  him  to  serve  in  Ireland,  as 
chief  baron  and  counsellor  of  state  for  that  kingdom  : 
from  whence  re-called,  he  served  his  Majesty  as  one  of 
his  Justices  of  his  court  of  Common  Pleas,  &c,  until  an 
apoplexy  seized  on  him  in  his  robes,  the  4th  day  of 
February,  1624,  in  the  71st  year  of  his  age,  whereof, 
about  24  hours  after,  he  died  in  Chancery  Lane,  London; 
whose  corpse  imbalmed  was  buried  here  below." 


At  East  Mousley  : — 

"  Here  lyeth  Anthonie  Standen,  Gentn.,  third  son 
of  Edmund  Standen,  Esq.,  which  Anthonie  was  cup- 
bearer to  the  King  of  Scotland,  sometyme  Lord  Dudley, 


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father  to  King  James,  now  of  England,  and  also  sworne 
servant  to  his  Majestie,  who,  after  much  experience  in 
the  various  states  of  humane  things,  marrying,  be- 
queathed himself  to  a  private  and  quiet  life,  where, 
notwithstanding  evermore  endeavouring  (although  with 
his  own  cost)  to  make  peace  between  those  that  were  all 
debate,  promoting  the  poor  man's  cause  often  with  his 
own  expense,  and  full  of  other  pious  workes,  departed 
this  lyfe  the  X  of  Marche,  1611,  in  the  71st  year  of  his 
age." 


Robert  Boyle,  earl  of  Cork,  and  Lord  High  Trea- 
surer of  Ireland,  in  1631  (which  office  was  made  here- 
ditary in  his  family),  died  in  1643,  aged  78,  and  caused 
this  motto  to  be  engraven  on  his  tomb  : — 

"  God's  Providence  is  my  inheritance." 


In  the  church  of  Walton-on-Thames,  Surrey.—  Near 
the  altar  on  a  mahogany  tablet,  are  placed  certain  en- 
gravings representing  the  effigies  of  the  defunct  and  his 
family.  The  effigies  alluded  to  represent  Selwyn  and 
his  wife,  6  daughters,  and  5  sons,  all  full  length  figures, 
and  engraved  with  great  force  and  spirit.  At  the  top  is 
a  spirited  representation  of  the  manner  of  Selwyn' s 
death.  He  is  seated  on  a  stag,  and  has  plunged  a  dag- 
ger into  its  neck,  having  undertaken,  either  in  the  way 
of  wager  or  a  trial  of  skill,  so  to  destroy  the  animal, 
but,  as  tradition  says,  he  met  his  death  in  the  attempt ; 
the  stag  having,  at  the  moment  he  was  struck,  thrown 
back  its  head,  and  killed  Selwyn  by  a  blow  of  its  horns. 
The  epitaph,  in  old  English  characters,  is  as  follows  : — 

"Here  lyeth  ye  bodye  of  John  Selwyn,  Gentn., 
keeper  of  her  Majestie' s  parke  of  Otelande,  under  the 
Right  Honourable  Charles  Howarde,  Lord  Admyral  of 
Englande,  his  good  lorde  and  master,  who  had  issue  by 
Susan,  his  wyfe,  Y  sonnes  and  VI  daughters,  all  living 
at  his  death,  and  departed  out  of  this  worlde  the  XXII 
day  of  March,  A.  D.  1587." 


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Inscription  on  the  monument  of  Sir  James  Fulleeton 
and  his  Lady,   in  Westminster  Abbey  : — 

"  Here  lie  the  remains  of  Sir  J.  Eulleeton,  Kt.,  1st 
Gent,  of  the  Bed-chamber  to  King  Chas.  I  (prince  and 
king).  A  generous  re  warder  of  virtue,  a  severe  reprover 
of  all  vice,  a  profest  renouncer  of  all  vanity.  He  was  a 
firm  pillar  to  the  commonwealth,  a  faithful  patron  to 
the  Catholic  Church,  a  fair  pattern  to  the  British  court. 
He  lived  to  the  welfare  of  his  country,  to  the  honour  of 
his  prince,  to  the  glory  of  his  God.  He  died  fuller  of 
faith  than  of  fear,  fuller  of  resolution  than  of  pains, 
fuller  of  honour  than  of  days." 


On  Sir  William  Tetjmbttll,  one  of  the  principal  Se- 
cretaries of  State  to  King  William  3rd,  who,  having  re- 
signed his  place,  died  in  retirement  at  Easthampstead, 
in  Berkshire,  in  1716  (by  A.  Pope) : — 

"  A  pleasing  form ;  a  firm,  yet  cautious  mind  ; 
Sincere,  tho'  prudent ;  constant,  yet  resigned ; 
Honour  unchang'd,  a  principle  profest, 
Eix'd  to  one  side,  but  mod' rate  to  the  rest; 
An  honest  courtier,  yet  a  patriot  too  ; 
Just  to  his  prince,  and  to  his  country  true ; 
EiU'd  with  the  sense  of  age,  the  fire  of  youth, 
A  scorn  of  wrangling,  yet  a  zeal  for  truth  ; 
A  gen'rous  faith,  from  superstition  free ; 
A  love  of  peace,  and  hate  of  tyranny ; 
Such  this  man  was,  who  now,  from  earth  remov'd, 
At  length  enjoys  that  liberty  he  lov'd." 


In  Kimbolton  church,  Huntingdonshire,  on  a  costly 
monument  to  the  memory  of  Henet,  1st  Earl  of  Man- 
chester, are  his  effigies  and  the  following  inscription : — 

"  Here  lyeth  Sir  Heney  Montague,  Kt.,  Lord  Kim- 
bolton,  "Viscount  Mandeville,  Earl  of  Manchester,  who 
in  his  younger  years  professed  the  common  law,  was 


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chosen  Recorder  of  London,  and  afterwards  made  the 
King's  Serjeant-at-law,  thence  Chief  Justice  of  England, 
then  Lord  President  of  the  King's  most  Honble.  Privy 
Counsel!,  and  dyed  Lord  Privy  Seale." 
He  died  Nov.,  1642. 


John  Wilkes  was  buried  in  Grosvenor  chapel,  South 
Audley  street,  where  he  directed  a  tablet  with  this 
inscription  to  be  raised  : — 

"The  remains  of  John  Wilkes,  a  friend  to  liberty." 

This  was  accordingly  done,  with  this  underneath — 
Born  at  London,  Oct.  7th,  1727,  O.S. 
Died  in  this  Parish  Dec.  26,  1797,  -  - 


On  the  monument   of   the  Marquis  of   "Winchester 
(by  John  Dryden)  : — 

"  He  who  in  impious  times  undaunted  stood, 
And  midst  rebellion  durst  be  just  and  good, 
Whose  arms  asserted,  and  whose  sufferings  more 
Confirm' d  the  cause  for  which  he  fought  before, 
Rests  here,  rewarded  by  a  heavenly  prince, 
For  what  his  earthly  could  not  recompense. 
Pray,  Reader  !  that  such  times  no  more  appear ; 
Or,  if  they  happen,  learn  true  honour  here. 
Ask  of  this  age's  faith  and  loyalty, 
Which,  to  preserve  them,  Heaven  confin'd  in  thee  ; 
Few  subjects  could  a  king  like  thine   deserve, 
And  fewer  such  a  king  so  well  could  serve. 
Bless' d  king  !  bless' d  subject !  whose  exalted  state 
By  sufferings  rose,  and  gave  the  law  to  Fate. 
Such  souls  are  rare,  but  mighty  patterns  given 
To  earth,  and  meant  for  ornaments  to  heaven." 


On  the  blood-thirsty  Robespieeke. — In  an  epitaph,  of 
which  the  following  couplet  may  serve  as  a  translation, 
his  life  was  represented  as  incompatible  with  the  exist- 
ence of  the  human  race  : — 


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Here  lies  Robespieeee — let  no  tear  be  shed, 
Reader  !  if  he  had  lived,  thou  had'st  been  dead." 


The  only  memorial  of  the  death  of  Villiees,  duke  of 
Buckingham,  remaining  at  Kirby  Moorside  (where  he 
died  in  obscurity  and  distress),  is  an  entry  in  an  old 
register  of  burials,  which  runs  thus  : — 

"  1687,  April  17th,  Geoege  Villus,  Lord  dook  of 
bookingham . ' '  — Ellis'  s  Correspondence. 


On  General  Ludlow  (one  of  the  members  of  the  high 
court  of  justice  which  passed  sentence  on  king  Charles 
I),  at  Vevay,  in  Switzerland : — 

"  Stop  and  behold !  Here  lies  Edmund  Ludlow,  an 
Englishman,  of  the  county  of  Wilts,  son  of  Henry 
Ludlow,  Knight  and  Member  of  Parliament,  as  he  also 
was ;  honourable  by  descent,  but  more  so  by  his  own 
virtue ;  by  religion  a  protestant,  and  eminent  for  piety ; 
In  the  23rd  year  of  his  age,  he  was  made  Colonel  of  a 
Regiment,  and  soon  after  Lieut. -Gen.  of  the  Army.  In 
that  post,  he  helped  to  reduce  Ireland ;  intrepid  and 
careless  of  life  in  battle,  in  victory  merciful  and  humane. 
A  defender  of  his  country's  liberty ;  and  a  warm  op- 
poser  of  arbitrary  power;  for  which  cause,  banished 
from  his  country  32  years,  though  worthy  a  better  for- 
tune, he  took  refuge  in  Switzerland,  and  dying  there,  in 
the  73rd  year  of  his  age,  regretted  by  his  friends,  flew 
to  the  eternal  seats  of  joy.  His  most  beloved,  coura- 
geous, and  most  sorrowful  consort,  as  well  in  misfortune 
as  in  matrimony,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  de  Thomas,  who,  moved 
by  greatness  of  mind,  and  the  force  of  conjugal  affection, 
constantly  followed  him  in  his  exile  till  his  death,  conse- 
crated this  monument  in  perpetual  memory  of  her  true 
and  sincere  affection  to  her  deceased  husband,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord,  1693." 


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In  the  cloisters  of  "Westminster  Abbey,  on  Daniel 
Pultexey,  the  famous  opposer  of  Sir  Eobert  Walpole,  in 
Parliament.  His  eloquence  and  sarcasm  were  so  severe 
that  Sir  Eobert  said,  that  "  he  dreaded  that  man's  tongue 
more  than  another  man's  sword": — 

"  Eeader !  if  thou  art  a  Briton,  behold  this  tomb  with 
reverence  and  regret :  here  lie  the  remains  of  Daniel 
PuLTEXEr,  the  kindest  relation,  the  truest  friend,  the 
warmest  Patriot,  the  worthiest  man :  he  exercised  virtue 
in  this  age  sufficient  to  have  distinguished  him  even  in 
the  best.  Sagacious  by  nature,  industrious  by  habit, 
inquisitive  with  art,  he  gained  a  complete  knowledge  of 
the  state  of  Britain,  foreign  and  domestic  ;  in  most,  the 
backward  fruits  of  tedious  experience  ;  in  him,  the  early 
acquisition  of  undissipated  youth.  He  served  the  court 
several  years  :  abroad,  in  the  auspicious  reign  of  Queen 
Anne :  at  home,  in  the  reign  of  that  excellent  prince, 
George  I.  He  served  his  country  always  ;  at  court  inde- 
pendent, in  the  senate  unbiassed :  at  every  age  and  in 
every  station,  this  was  the  bent  of  his  generous  soul,  this 
was  the  business  of  his  laborious  life.  Public  men  and 
public  things,  he  judged  by  one  constant  standard,  the 
true  interest  of  Britain  :  he  made  no  other  distinction 
of  party;  he  abhorred  all  other.  Gentle,  humane, 
disinterested,  beneficent,  he  created  no  enemies  on  his 
own  account  :  firm,  determined,  inflexible,  he  feared 
none  he  could  create  in  the  cause  of  Britain. 

Eeader !  in  this  misfortune  of  thy  country,  lament 
thy  own.  For  know,  the  loss  of  so  much  private  worth, 
is  a  public  calamity.     Born  1682,  died  1764." 


EmrrxD  Bubke,  the  orator,  in  his  early  days,  and 
while  speaking  with  enthusiasm  of  the  solemn  glories 
of  Westminster  Abbey,  declared  that  he  would  rather 
sleep  "  in  the  southern  corner  of  a  little  country  church- 
yard "  than  in  the  tomb  of  the  Capulets;  that  his  dust 
might  mingle  with  the  ashes  of  his  kindred.  "The  family 
burying- ground "  he  said,  "had  something  in  it  pecu- 
liarly soothing  and  dear."  He  lies  buried  in  Beacons- 
field  churchyard,   Bucks,   in  the  same  grave  with  his 


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widow,  his  only  son,  and  his  brother.     On  a  tablet 
Beaconsfield  church  is  the  following  inscription : — 

"  Near  this  place 

lies  interred 

all  that  was  mortal  of  the 

Eight  Honourable  Edmund  Burke, 

who  died  on  the  9th  July,  1797, 

aged  68  years. 

In  the  same  grave  are  deposited 

the  remains  of 

his  only  son,   Eichard  Burke,  l!sq. 

Eepresentative  in  Parliament, 

for  the  Borough  of  Malton, 

who  died  2nd  August,  1794, 

aged  35. 

Of  his  Brother,  Eichard  Burke,  Esq. 

Barrister  at  Law,  and 

Eecorder  of  the  City  of  Bristol, 

who  died  the  4th  February,  1794  ; 

and  of  his  Widow 

Jane  Mary  Burke, 

who  died  on  the  2nd  April, 

1812,  aged  78."* 


Hi 


At  Pewsey,  in  Wiltshire  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  the  Lady  O'Looney,  great 
niece  of  Burke,  commonly  called  the  Sublime.  She  was 
bland,  passionate,  and  deeply  religious ;  also,  she  painted 
in  "Water- Colours,  and  sent  several  pictures  to  the 
Exhibition.  She  was  first  cousin  to  Lady  Jones, — 
and  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 


*  Mr.  Burke,  by  the  provisions  of  his  will,  required  that  his  funeral 
should  be  as  simple  as  possible ;  adding,  that  there  had  been  in  his  lifetime, 
"  too  much  of  noise  and  compliment."  Mr.  Fox  proposed  that  the  body  of 
his  ancient  friend  should  be  buried  with  public  honours  in  Westminster 
Abbey,  but  the  express  wishes  of  Burke  were  not  to  be  violated.  His 
monument  is  in  his  works,  which  Avill  be  coeval  with  the  literature  of  his 
country,  and  of  which  Sheridan  finely  said  "  They  will  be  read  and  admired 
when  all  of  us  are  gone,  and  most  of  us  forgotten." 


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Monument  to  William:  Pitt,  earl  of  Chatham,  who 
died  a.d.  1778,  aged  70  years.  In  "Westminster  Abbey, 
on  a  pedestal  in  a  recess,  is  the  earl  standing  erect,  in 
the  act  of  speaking ;  on  a  sarcophagus  are  figures  of 
Prudence  and  Fortitude;  at  the  base,  Neptune  rest- 
ing on  a  Dolphin ;  on  the  other  side,  Peace  holding  a 
globe ;  under  which  are  the  fruits  of  the  earth.  The 
monument  is  by  Bacon,  and  was  erected  by  Government, 
at  a  cost  of  £6,000.  On  the  pedestal  is  the  following 
inscription  : — 

"  Erected  by  the  King  and  Parliament 

As  a  Testimony  to 

The  Yirtue  and  ability 

of 

William  Pitt,  Earl  of  Chatham. 

During  whose  Administration 

Divine  Providence 

Exalted  Great  Britain 

To  an  height  of  Prosperity  and  Glory 

Unknown  to  any  former  age." 


Monument  to  the  Bt.  Hon.  William  Pitt,  in  West- 
minster Abbey. — He  died  Jany.  23,  1806,  in  his  47th 
year.  This  celebrated  statesman  is  represented  robed 
as  the  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  in  the  act  of 
addressing  the  House ;  while  History,  personified  as  a 
female  sketching  his  portrait,  is  seated  on  one  side  ;  and 
Anarchy,  personified  as  a  man,  naked  and  bound  with 
chains,  on  the  other.  The  monument  is  by  Westmacott, 
and  cost  the  Government  £6,300.  It  bears  only  the 
inscription  of  his  name. 


For  William  Pitt  (by  Lord  Byron,  Jan.,  1820) : — 

"  With  death  doom'd  to  grapple, 
Beneath  this  cold  slab,  he 
Who  lied  in  the  Chapel 
Now  lies  in  the  Abbey." 


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In  Westminster  Abbey  is  a  figure,  life-size,  of  the 
marquis  of  Londonderry.  On  the  pedestal  is  this 
inscription : — 

"  This  statue  is  erected  to  the  Memory  of 
Eobeet,  second  Marquis  of  Londonderry,  and  Viscount 
Castlereagh,  K.  G. 
Born  a.d.  1769;    died  a.d.  August  12th,  1822. 
History  will  record  the  success  and  splendour  of  his  public 
career  during  a  period  of  unexampled  difficulty  in  the 
annals  of  Europe,   in  which  he  successfully  filled  the 
highest  offices  under  the  crown  ;  and  Ireland  will  never 
forget  the  statesman  of  the  Legislative  Union. 

This  Tribute  to  the  best  of  Brothers  and  Friends,  is 
placed  in  Westminster  Abbey,  by  Charles  William  Vane, 
third  Marquis  of  Londonderry." 


In  Helmingham  church,  Suffolk. — In  the  above  church 
is  a  splendid  monument  to  the  memory  of  the  Tollemache 
family.  It  bears  date  1615.  On  the  monument  are 
four  figures  kneeling.  Underneath  the  top  figure  is  this 
inscription : — 

"  Here  with  his  Fathers  sleep  Sir  Lionel, 
Knight,  Baronet,  all  honours  worthy  well ; 
So  well  the  acts  of  all  his  Life  exprest 
His  Elders  virtues,  and  excelled  their  best. 
His  Prudent  Bearing  in  his  Public  place, 
Suffolk's  High  Sheriff  twice,  in  sixteen  years'  space. 

His  zeal  to  God,  and  towards  ill  Severity. 
His  Temperance,  his  Justice,  his  Sincerity. 
His  Native  Mildness  towards  Great  and  Small. 
His  faith,  his  Love  to  Friends,  Wife,  Children  all, 
In  Life  and  death,  made  him  Beloved  and  Dear, 
To  God,  and  Men,  Happy  in  Heaven  and  Here. 

Happy  in  Soul  and  Body,  Goods  and  Hame, 
Happy  in  Wedlock  with  a  Noble  Dame. 
Lord  Crum well's  Daughter,  happy  in  his  Heir 
Whose  Spring  of  Virtues  Sprouts  so  Young,  so  Fair, 
Whose  Dear  Affection  to  his  Founder's  debtor 
Built  them  this  Tomb,  but  in  his  Heart  a  better." 


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Underneath  the  second  figure  : — 

"Baptized  Lionel  Tolle^iache  my  name, 
Since  Norman's  Conquest  of  unsoiled  Tame 
Shows  my  descent  from  ancestors  of  worth, 
And  that  my  Life  might  not  belie  my  birth. 
Their  virtues'  track  with  heedful  steps  I  trod, 
Rightful  to  Men,  Religious  towards  God. 

Train' d  in  the  Law  I  gain'd  the  Bar  and  Bench 
Not  bent  to  kindle  Strife,  but  rather  Quench. 
Gentle  to  Clients,  in  my  Counsels  just 
With  Norfolk's  great  Duke   in  no  little   Trust. 
Sir  Joyce  his  heir  was  my  fair  "Faithful  wife, 
Bently  my  Seat,  and  Seventy  Years  my  Life." 


Underneath  the  third  figure  : — 

Heir  of  my  Father's  Name,  Sir  Name  and  Seat, 
Lands,  Goods,  and  Goodness  towards  Small  and  Great. 
By  Heaven's  dear  Blessing  on  my  Best  Endeavour, 
In  his  Fail-  Footsteps  did  I  well  persevere : 
Amongst  the  Best,  above  the  most  admired, 
For  all  the  Parts  my  Race  and  Place  required. 

High  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  once,  of  Norfolk  twice, 
For  both  approved  Right,  Gentle,  Just,  and  "Wise  : 
Frank  House,  Frank  Heart,  Free  of  my  Purse  &  Port, 
Both  Lov'd  and  Loving  towards  every  Sort, 
Lord  "Went worth's  daughter  was  my  Lovely  Pheer, 
And  Fourscore,  Six  less,  liv'd  I  Pilgrim  here." 


Underneath  the  fourth  figure  : — 

"  My  Stile  and  State  (lest  any  Question  should) 
My  Sire  and  Grandsire  have  already  told, 
My  Fame  and  Fortune  not  unlike  to  theirs, 
My  Life  as  fair  as  Human  Frailty  bears, 
My  Zeal  to  God,  my  Love  to  ev'ry  Good 
My  Saviour  knows,  his  Saints  have  understood. 

My  many  Virtues,  Moral  and  Divine, 

My  Lib'ral  Hand,  my  Loving  Heart  to  mine. 

My  Piety,  my  Pity,  Pains  and  Care 


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My  Neighbours,  Tenants,  Servants,  yet  declare ; 

My  gentle  Bride  Sir  Ambrose  Jermyn  bred, 

My  years  lack  fire  of  half  my  Grandsire's  thread." 


On  another  monument  in  Helmingham  church  : — 

"  Here  Eesteth  the  body  of  Sir  Lionel  Tollemache, 
Knight  and  Baronet,  who  died  September  6th,  1640, 
being  the  49th  year  of  his  age. 

"Wise  tears  turn  hither  here's  a  stone 
Would  not  be  left  to  weep  alone. 

It  is  a  marble  of  much  trust 

And  mourns  for  more  than  modern  dust. 

A  man  not  made  for  moderate  things 
Served  and  pleased  two  mighty  Kings. 

His  person  did  all  praise  combine 
Honour  and  virtue,  life  and  line. 

Wisdom  and  wealth,  fortune  and  merit 
Ample  power  and  ample  spirit. 

Both  church  and  state,  both  rich  and  poor 
Both  peace  and  "War,  Doth  Sea  and  Shore, 

All  reconciled  there  in  one  Sorrow 
Mutual  tears  did  lend  and  borrow. 

Join  wtlu  a  grief,  so  great,  so  just, 
Learn  well  to  weigh  so  worthy  dust 

Lament  his  death,  or  go,  and  find 
Store  of  such  Lives  left  still  behind," 


On  Thomas  Gut,  founder  of  Guy's  hospital. — The 
monumental  group  is  of  white  marble,  and  stands  against 
the  wall  facing  the  visitor  as  he  enters  the  hospital 
chapel.  It  was  executed  by  the  late  Mr.  Bacon,  in  1779, 
and  is  said  to  have  cost  £1,000.  Mr.  Guy  is  represented 
in  his  livery  gown,  holding  out  one  hand  to  raise  a  poor 
invalid  lying  on  the  earth,  and  pointing  with  the  other 
to  a  distressed  object,  who  is  being  carried  on  a  litter 


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the  wards;     the    hospital  heing  in  the  back  ground. 
On  the  pedestal  is  this  inscription : — 

"  Underneath  are  deposited  the  remains  of 

Thoitas  Gey, 
Citizen  of  London,  Member  of  Parliament, 
and  the  sole  founder  of  this  Hos- 
pital in  his  life- time. 
It  is  peculiar  to  this  beneficent  man  to  have 
persevered,  during  a  long  course  of  pros- 
perity and  industry,  in  pouring  forth 
to  the  wants  of  others,  all  that 
he  had  earned  by  labour,  or 
withheld  from  self- 
indulgence. 
Warm  with  philanthropy,  and  exalted  by 
charity,  his  mind  expanded  te  those 
noble  affections  which  grow  but 
too  rarely  from  the  most 
elevated  pursuits. 
After  administer]  ng  with  extensive  bounty 
to  the  claims  of  consanguinity,  he  esta- 
blished this  asylum  for  that  stage 
of  languor  and  disease  to  which 
the  charity  of  others  had  not 
reached  ;    he  provided  a  re- 
treat, for  hopeless  in- 
sanity, and  rivalled 
the  endowments 
of  kings. 
He  died  the  27th  of  December,  1724,  in  the 
80th  year  of  his  age." 


On  Sir  Henry  Lee,  at  Quarendon,  Bucks. — On  a 
black  marble  tablet,  fixed  against  the  wall  at  the  upper 
end  of  the  chancel  of  St.  Peter's  chapel,  is  this  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"  1611,  Memorise  Sacrum. 
Sir  Henry  Lee,  Knight  of  the  most  noble  Order  of  the 
Garter,  son  of  Sir  Anthony  Lee,   and  Lame  Margaret 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Wiat,  Counsellor  to  the 


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two  kings  of  famous  memory,  Henries  the  Seventh  and 
Eighth.  He  was  born  in  Kent,  under  the  care  of  his 
uncle,  Sir  Henry  Wiat,  of  Arlington  Castle,  and  was 
bred  in  the  court  of  Henry  VIII.  He  was  employed 
in  services  in  Scotland,  under  Queen  Mary,  at  whose 
death  he  travelled  in  France,  Holland,  and  Germany, 
and  returned  to  England  a  finished  traveller.  In  1 573,  he 
was  employed  by  Elizabeth,  in  Scotland,  and  was  present 
at  the  siege  of  Edinburgh  :  he  was  appointed  by  his 
royal  mistress,  Lieutenant  of  the  lloyal  Manor  of  Wood- 
stock, and  to  the  office  of  the  royal  armoury;  he  received 
at  her  majesty's  hands,  the  noblest  order  of  the  Garter  ; 
he  built  four  goodly  mansions  ;  revived  the  ruins  of  this 
chapel,  and  having  served  five  succeeding  princes,  'with 
a  body  bent  to  earth,  and  a  mind  erected  to  heaven'  he 
died,  aged  80." 


Near  this  is  a  magnificent  altar  monument,  with  the 
figure  of  the  knight,  Sir  Henry  Lee,  in  complete  armour. 
Over  it  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Fide  et  constantia — Vixit  Deo,  patriae,  et  amicis  annos. 
Fide  et  constantia — Christospiritum,  carnemsepulchro 

commendari. 
Fide  et  constantia — Scio,  credo,  expecto  mortuum  re- 

surrectionem." 

Which  in  English  may  be  thus  rendered — 
"  In  faith  and  constancy — He  lived  to  God,  to  his  native 
country,  and  to  his  friends, — years. 
In  faith  and  constancy — I  have  commended  my  soul  to 

Christ,  and  my  body  to  the  grave. 
In  faith  and  constancy — I  know,  I  believe,   I  expect 

the  resurrection  of  the  dead." 
On  a  black  marble  beneath  are  the  following  lines  : — 

"If  fortune's  store  or  nature's   wealth  commende 
They  both  nnto  his  virtues  praise  did  lend  ; 
The  wars  abroad  with  honour  he  did  pass ; 
In  courtly  josts  his  Sovereign's  knight  he  was, 
Six  princes  he  did  serve,  and  in  the  fright 
And  change  of  state,  did  keep  himself  upright ; 
With  faith  untaught,  spotless  and  clear  his  fame, 
So  pure  that  envy  could  not  wrong  the  same  ; 


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All  but  his  virtue  now  (so  vain  is  breath), 
Turn'd  dust,  lie  here  in  the  cold  arms  of  death. 
Thus  fortune's  gifts  and  gentle  favours  fly, 
When  virtue  conquers  death  and  destiny. " 


Inscription  on  the  monument  erected  to  the  memory 
of  Chaeles,  Earl  of  Dorset,  who  died  January,  1705-6, 
in  "Withy am  church,  Sussex  (by  A.  Pope) : — 

"Doeset,  the  grace  of  Courts,  the  Muses'  pride. 
Patron  of  Arts,  and  judge  of  Xature,  dy'd. 
The  scourge  of  Pride,  though  sanctify' d  or  great, 
Of  fops  in  learning,  and  of  knaves  in  state  : 
Yet  soft  his  nature,  though  severe  his  lay, 
His  anger  moral,  and  his  wisdom  gay. 
Bless'd  Satirist !  who  touch'd  the  mean  so  true, 
As  show'd,  Yice  had  his  hate,  and  pity  too. 
Bless'd  Courtier!  who  could  king  or  country  please, 
Yet  sacred  keep  his  friendships,  and  his  ease. 
Bless'd  Peer  !  his  great  forefathers'  ev'ry  grace, 
Eeflecting,  and  reflected  in  his  race  ; 
While  other  Buckhttests,  other  Doesets  shine, 
And  patriots  still,  or  poets  deck  the  line." 


Sir  Fulee  Geevile,  afterwards  Lord  Brooke,  and 
chancellor  of  the  exchequer  in  1615,  was  stabbed  mor- 
tally in  the  back  by  an  old  serving  man,  Sep.  30,  1628, 
aged  74,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Mary's  church,  Warwick, 
under  a  monument  which  he  had  himself  erected,  with 
this  inscription  : — 

"  Pr/LKE  Geevile,  servant  to  Queen  Elizabeth, 

counsellor  to  King  James,  and  friend  to  Sir  Philip  Sidney. 

Trophasum  Peccati." 


At  Kendal,  in  Westmoreland  (written  by  Dr.  Watson, 
bishop  of  Landaff) : — 

"  In  Memory  of    Sir  John  Wilson,  Knt.     One  of  his 
Majesty's  Justices  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 
Born  at  the  Howe  in  Applethwaite,  6th  of  August, 


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1741.  Died  at  Kendal,  18th  of  October,  1793. 
He  did  not  owe  his  Promotion  to  the  weight  of  Great 
Connections,  which  he  never  conrted  ;  nor  to  the  influ- 
ence of  political  parties,  which  he  never  joined  :  but  to 
his  Professional  Merit,  and  the  unsolicited  Patronage  of 
the  Lord  Chancellor  Thurlow,  who,  in  recommending 
to  his  Majesty  so  profound  a  Lawyer,  and  so  good  a  Man, 
realized  the  hopes  and  expectations  of  the  whole  Bar, 
gratified  the  general  wishes  of  the  Country,  and  did 
honour  to  his  own  Discernment  and  Integrity." 


The  Earl  of  Strafford,  after  he  was  beheaded,  was 
buried  at  Went  worth- woodhouse.  At  the  east  end  of 
that  church,  his  son  erected  a  monument  to  his  memory, 
with  his  statue  kneeling,  and  under  it,  on  a  black  marble, 
this  inscription  in  gold  letters  : — 

"Thomas  Wentwoeth, 
Earl  of  Straiford,  Yiscount  Wentworth,  Baron  Went- 
worth  of  Wentworth- woodhouse,  Newmarch,  Oversley, 
and  Baby,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland, 

Lord  President  of  the  north  of  England ; 

and  knight  of  the  most  noble  order  of  the  garter. 

His  birth  was  upon  Good  Friday, 

The  13th  of  April,  1593, 

His  death  upon  the  12th  of  May,  1641  ; 

His  soul  through  the  mercy  of  God  lives  in  eternal  bliss, 

And  his  memory  will  never  die  in  these  kingdoms." 


On  James  Ceaggs,  Esq.,  secretary  of  state,  inscribed 
on  a  monument  in  Westminster  Abbey  (by  Pope),  partly 
written  in  Latin,  and  is  thus  translated : — 

"  James  Ceaggs, 
Privy  counsellor  and  secretary  of  state 
To  the  King  of  Great  Britain, 
Equally  esteemed  and  beloved  by  Prince  and  people, 

As  indifferent  to  titles  as  he  was  above  envy : 
His  years  were  few,  alas  !  too  few  for  such  a  man  : 


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Dying  in  the  35th  year  of  his  age, 
On  February  14th,  1720. 

Statesman,  yet  friend  to  truth !    of  soul  sincere, 

In  action  faithful,  and  in  honour  clear ! 

Who  broke  no  promise,  served  no  private  end, 

Who  gain'd  no  title,  and  who  lost  no  friend ; 

Ennobled  by  himself,  by  all  approv'd, 

Prais'd,  wept,  and  honour' d  by  the  Muse  he  lov'd." 


In  St.  Edmund's  chapel,  Westminster  Abbey,  on  Lord 
John  Russell  (who  was  beheaded  in  1683,  and  whose 
father  the  Earl  of  Bedford,  offered  £100,000  for  a 
pardon)  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of 

JOHN,    LOED    ErSSELL, 

(Son  and  heir  to  Francis  Earl  of  Bedford,) 

And  his  son  Ebancis, 

By  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Sir  Anthony  Cook, 

And  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Hoby,  Knight. 

Right  noble  twice,  by  virtue  and  by  birth, 
Of  heaven  lov'd,  and  honour' d  on  the  earth  : 
His  country's  hope,  his  kindred's  chief  delight, 
My  husband  dear,  more  than  this  world's  light, 
Death  hath  me  reft.     But  I  from  death  will  take 
His  memory,  to  whom  this  tombe  I  make. 
John  was  his  name  (ah  was  !  wretch,  must  I  say) 
Loed  Russell  once,  now  my  tear  thirsty  clay."* 


On  a  lofty  monument,  with  recumbent  figures,  in 
Westminster  Abbey,  to  the  memory  of  Sir  John  and 
Lady  Puckering,  who  died  in  1598,  is  this  inscription : — 


*  Five  years  after  his  execution,  when  James  II.  was  in  his  distresses,  he 
addressed  himself   to  the  Earl  of  Bedford,  thus  : — "My  Lord,  you  are  an 

honest  man,  have  great  credit,  and  can  do  me  signal  service." "  Ah 

Sir,"  replied  the  earl,  "  I  am  old  and  feeble  :  I  can  do  you  but  little  ser- 
vice ;  but  I  once  had  a  son  that  could  have  assisted  you ;  but  he  is  no 
more."— The  king  was  so  affected  with  his  reply,  that  he  could  not  speak 
for  some  minutes. 


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"  The  public  care  and  laws  engaged  my  breast ; 
To  live  was  toilsome,  but  to  die  is  rest. 
"Wealth,  maces,  guards,  crowns,  titles,  things  that  fade, 
The  prey  of  Time  and  sable  Death  are  made. 
Virtue  inspires  men. 
His  wife  this  statue  rears  to  her  beloved  spouse, 
The  test  of  constancy  and  marriage  vows. 

I  trust  I  shall  see  the  Lord  in  the  Land  of  the  living." 


In  Hampton  church  : — 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Edwaede  Pigeon,  Esquire, 
yeoman  of  the  Jewel  House  to  King  Henry  VIII.,  and  by 
whose  special  command  he  attended  him  at  Boloigne, 
and  continued  in  that  office  under  King  Edward  VI., 
Queen  Mary,  and  Queen  Elizabeth,  who  made  him  also 
clerk  of  her  robes  and  wardrobes. 

Nicholas  Pigeon,  sonne  of  the  said  Edwarde,  suc- 
ceeded his  father  in  both  of  the  said  offices,  and,  after 
he  had  faithfully  served  Elizabeth  and  James  above 
forty  years,  he  departed  this  life  the  1st  March,  1619, 
was  buried  near  unto  his  father,  and  left  issue  Hugh 
Pigeon  and  Alice." 


"  Thomas  Jefferson,  president  of  the  United  States, 
died  July  4,  1826,  aged  83.  He  is  buried  in  the  grounds 
near  his  own  house.  A  simple  inscription,  which  was 
found  among  his  papers  after  his  death,  recording  him 
as  '  The  Author  of  the  Declaration  of  American  Inde- 
pendence, of  the  statue  of  Virginia  for  Eeligious  Ereedom, 
and  Father  of  the  University  of  Virginia,'  is  placed  on 
his  tomb.  The  fact  of  his  having  been  President  of  the 
United  States  is  not  mentioned." — Knight's  Cyc. 


On  Lord  Bolingbeoke. — On  the  north  side  of  Batter- 
sea  church,  Surrey,  is  a  monument  erected  to  the  memory 
of  Lord  Viscount  Bolingbeoke  (who  died  Dec,  1751, 
aged  73  years)  bearing  this  inscription  : — 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  Here  lies 

Hexey  St.  Johx  : 

In  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne, 

Secretary  of  war  :   secretary  of  state, 

and  Visct.  Bolixgbeoee  : 

In  the  days  of  K.  George  I.  and  K.  George  II. 

Something  more  and  better. 

His  attachment  to  Queen  Anne 

Exposed  him  to  a  long  and  severe  persecution, 

He  bore  it  with  firinness  of  mind. 

He  passed  the  latter  part  of  his  life  at  home, 

The  enemy  of  no  national  party : 

The  friend  of  no  faction. 

Distinguished  under  the  cloud  of  proscription, 

Which  had  not  been  entirely  taken  off, 

By  Zeal  to  maintain  the  liberty 

And  to  restore  the  antient  prosperity 

Of  Great  Britain." 


On  Viscountess  Bollxgbeoke  : — 

"  In  the  same  Vault 

Are  interred  the  remains  of 

AIaeia  Ceaea — des  Champs  de  ATarsilli 

Marchioness  of  Vilette,  Viscountess  Bolingbroke. 

Bom  of  a  noble  family, 

Bred  in  the  court  of  Louis  XIV., 

She  reflected  a  lustre  on  the  former 

By  the  superior  accomplishments  of  her  mind  ; 

She  was  an  ornament  to  the  latter 

By  the  amiable  dignity  and  grace  of  her  behaviour. 

She  lived 

The  honour  of  her  own  sex, 

The  delight  and  admiration  of  ours. 

She  died 

An  object  of  imitation  to  both, 

"With  all  the  firmness  that  reason, 

With  all  the  resignation  that  religion 

can  inspire."* 


*  She  was  his  second  -wife ;  his  first  wife  and  he  could  not  agree,  so  they 
soon  parted;  she  died  in  1718.  In  1720  he  married  his  second  wife,  which, 
to  the  last,  was  a  union  of  great  happiness  and  strong  affection  on  both  sides. 


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In  Lee  church,  Kent,  is  a  handsome  tomb  of  marble 
and  alabaster,  to  the  memory  of  Nicholas  Ansley,  Esq., 
who  died  in  1593  ;  inscribed  as  follows  : — 
"  When  the  Quene  Elizabeth  full  five  years  had  rain'd, 
Then  Nicholas  Ansley,  whos  corps  lyes  here  interred, 
At  fyve  and  twenty  yeres  of  age  was  entertayned 
Into  her  servis,  where  well  himself  he  carried 
In  eche  man's  love,  till  fifty  and  eight  years  ould, 
Being  Sergant  of  the  Seller,  death  him  contrould." 


On   Sir   Thomas    Stanley,   according   to    Sir   Wm. 
Dugdale,  by  Shakspeare  : — 

"  Aske  who  lies  here,  but  do  not  weepe, 
He  is  not  dead,  he  doth  but  sleepe  ! 
This  stony  register  is  for  his  bones, 
His  fame  is  more  perpetual  than  these  stones. 
And  his  own  goodness  with  himself  being  gone 
Shall  live  when  earthly  monument  is  none. 
Not  monumental  stone  preserves  our  fame, 
Nor  skye  aspiring  pyramids  our  name, 
The  memory  of  him  for  whom  this  stands 
Shall  outlive  marble,  and  defacing  hands  ! 
When  all  to  Time's  consumption  shall  be  given, 
Stanley,  for  whom  this  stands,  shall  stand  in  Heaven." 


In  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  is  a  noble  statue  of  Sir 
William  Jones  (by  Bacon).  This  accomplished  philo- 
sopher, historian,  poet,  and  scholar,  is  represented  in  a 
studious  attitude,  his  arm  resting  on  the  Institutes  of 
Menu.  Against  the  pedestal,  Study  and  Genius  are 
unveiling  oriental  science  ;  the  inscription  is : — 

"  To  the  Memory 

of  Sir  William  Jones,  Knight, 

one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature, 

at  Fort  William,  in  Bengal : 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


This  Statue  was  erected 

by  the  Honourable  East  India  Company, 

in  testimony 

of  their  grateful  sense  of  his  public  services, 

their  admiration  of  his  genius  and  learning, 

and  their  respect  for  his  character  and  virtues. 

He  died  in  Bengal,  on  the  27th  of  April,  1794,  aged  47." 


Sir  "William  Jones,  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Bengal,  wrote  the  following  epitaph  for  himself: — 

"  Here  was  deposited 

The  mortal  part  of  a  man 

who  feared  God  but  not  Death, 

and  maintained  independence 

but  sought  not  riches, 

who  thought  none  below  him 

but  the  base  and  unjust ; 

None  above  him  but  the  wise  and  virtuous  : 

who  loved  his  parents,  kindred,   and  friends, 

and  country, 

And  having  devoted  his  life  to  their  service 

and  the  improvement  of  his  mind, 

resigned  it  calmly, 

giving  glory  to  his  Creator, 

wishing  peace  on  earth, 

and  good-will  to  his  fellow -creatures, 

on  the day  of 

In  the  year  of  our  blessed  Bedeemer " 


Inscribed  to  the  memory  of  Chaeles,   late  Duke  of 
Richmond,  who  died  1750  : — 

"  What  bounds  can  limit  now  the  falling  tear 
When  honest  souls  no  greater  loss  can  fear  ? 
What  power  of  courage  can  we  now  invoke, 
Or  how  sustain  the  unexpected  stroke  ? 
For  fortitude  in  vain  we  now  implore, 
Richmond  is  dead, — and  greatness  is  no  more. 


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Assist,  Melpomene,  this  artless  lay, 
Enrich  the  tribute  which  I  mourning  pay  : 
So  shall  my  verse,  by  thine  inspiring  aid, 
In  worthy  strains  address  his  sacred  shade. 
Heavens  !  what  misjudging  errors  rack  my  brain? 
Ev'n  thy  assistance,  goddess,  all  is  vain  : 
Where's  worth  like  his  throughout  rich  nature's  store  ? 
Richmond  is  dead, — and  worth  is  now  no  more. 

Lo  !  uncorrupted  faith,  and  truth  sincere, 
Drop  on  his  silent  tomb  an  honest  tear ; 
See  !  steady  virtue  too,  stands  sorrowing  by, 
And  views  his  relics  with  a  gushing  eye ; 
Whose  sighs  her  own  approaching  fall  deplore, 
Richmond  is  dead, — and  virtue  is  no  more. 

Let  every  generous  Briton  grace  his  bier, 
Each  pay  an  honest,  tributary  tear  ; 
Then  mournfully  exclaim,  in  grief  sincere, 
'  The  Patriot, — husband, — father, — friend — is  here."' 


In  Westminster  Abbey  is  a  fine  monument  to 
Charles  James  Eox,  the  statesman.  It  consists  of  a 
recumbent  statue  supported  by  Liberty ;  Peace  at  his 
feet,  and  a  negro  kneeling  with  clasped  hands.  The 
monument  simply  bears  the  statesman's  name. 


Inscription  on  a  tablet  in  Chertsey  church,  Surrey  :- 

"  To  the 

Memory  of  the  Best  of  Husbands  and 

The  most  excellent  of  Men, 

Charles  James  Eox, 

who  died  Sep.  13th,  1806, 

And  is  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

His  most  affectionate  Wife  * 

Places  this  Tablet. 


*  The  church  register  of  Wyton,  in  Huntingdonshire,  preserves  the 
following  : — "  Charles  James  Fox,  of  the  parish  of  Chertsey,  in  the  county 
of  Surrey,  bachelor,  and  Elizabeth  Blanc,  of  this  parish,  were  married  in 
this  church,  by  licence,  this  28th  day  of  September,  in  the  year  one  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  ninety-five,  by  me,  J.  Perry,  rector." 


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A  patriot's  even  course  he  steered, 
'Mid  faction's  wildest  storms  unmoved. 
By  all  who  marked  his  mind — revered, 
By  all  who  knew  his  heart — beloved." 


Mrs.  Fox,  wife  of  Charles  James  Pox,  is  buried  in 
Chertsey  churehyard,  with  the  following  inscription  on 
her  tomb  : — 

"  Elizabeth  Bridget  Fox, 

Died  8th  July,  1842, 

Aged  92  years.  " 


In  Kingston  chapel  is  a  monument  to  Lord  Eldox, 
with  a  medallion  beneath,  by  Sir  Francis  Chantrey. 
The  inscription  is  : — 

"  The  Bight  Honourable  Sir  John  Scott, 

Earl  of  Eldox, 

Bom  at  Newcastle- on-Tyne,  June  4th,  1751. 

Died  in  London  January  13th,  1838,  in  the  87th  year 

of  his  age. 

In  1766,  Mr.  Jonx  Scott  entered  at  University  College, 
Oxford,  of  which  he  became  a  Fellow  in  1767.  Having 
married,November  19th,  1772,  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter 
of  Aubone  Surtees,  Esquire,  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  he 
entered  in  1773,  as  a  Student  in  the  Middle  Temple, 
was  called  to  the  Bar  in  1776,  and  was  called  within 
the  Bar  by  a  patent  of  precedence  in  1783.  In  1787 
Mr.  Scott  was  made  Chancellor  of  the  Bishoprick  and 
County  Palatine  of  Durham.  In  1788  he  was  knighted 
and  appointed  Solicitor-General,  and  in  1793  was 
appointed  Attorney-General.  After  having  sat  in  four 
Parliaments,  as  a  member  of  the  House  of  Commons, 
he  was  created  a  Peer,  July  18th,  1799,  by  the  title  of 
Baron  Eldon,  of  Eldon,  in  the  County  Palatine  of  Dur- 
ham, and  on  the  following  day  was  appointed  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas.  On  the  14th  of  April, 
1801,  Lord  Eldon  was  appointed  Lord  High  Chancellor 
of  Great  Britain;  he  resigned  that  office  Feb.  7,  1806, 
but  was  re-appointed  April  1st,  1807,  and  continued  to 


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hold  the  Great  Seal  until  April  30th,  1827,  being  alto- 
gether a  period  of  nearly  25  years.  On  the  7th  of 
July,  1821,  he  was  created  Earl  of  Eldon,  in  the  County 
Palatine  of  Durham,  and  Yiscount  Encombe,of  Encombe, 
in  the  County  of  Dorset.  Lord  Eldon  was  the  youngest 
brother  of  the  Eight  Honourable  Sir  "William  Scott, 
Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty,  &c,  who  was 
created  Baron  Stowell,  July  17th,  1821,  and  who  died 
Jan.  28th,  1836,  in  the  91st  year  of  his  age.  The  office 
of  Steward  of  the  University  of  Oxford,  was  held  by 
Lord  Eldon  from  1801  until  his  decease. 

To  his  Beloved  and  Honoured  Memory 

This  Tablet  is  dedicated  by  his  Grandson  and  successor, 

John,  the  Second  Earl  of  Eldon." 

Lord  Eldon  erected  in  1834  a  mural  tablet  in  King- 
ston chapel,  to  the  memory  of  his  lady  and  his  sons. 
The  tablet  is  inscribed  as  underneath  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of 

Elizabeth,  Countess  of  Eldon, 

The  Eldest  Daughter  of  the  late  Aubone  Surtees,  Esq. 

Of  Newcastle  on  Tyne  : 

She  died  the  28th  of  June,  1831,  nearly  77  years  of  age. 

Her  Remains  were  first  deposited 

In  the  ancient  chapel  of  this  place, 

And  afterwards  removed  to  a  family  tomb 

Built  on  ground  belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Eldon, 

Situate  on  the  North  Side  of  the  Chapel  Yard, 

Such  ground  being  duly  consecrated 

By  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Bristol. 

This  Tablet  is  placed  here  by  an  affectionate  Husband 

To  the  Memory  of  a  Wife 

To  whom  he  was  most  devotedly  attached, 

And  with  whom  he  lived  in  Marriage 

Nearly  fifty-nine  years. 

It  pleased  God  deeply  to  afflict  him 

By  ordaining  that  he  should  survive  Her. 

In  the  Same  Tomb 

Are  also  deposited  by  the  side  of  his  Mother, 

At  his  own  earnest  request 

Made  to  his  Eather  in  his  last  illness, 

The  remains  of  their  second  and  much  beloved  Son 

The  Hon.  William  Henry  John  Scott, 

Who  died  on  the  6th  day  of  July,  1832, 


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In  the  87th  year  of  his  age. 

He  was  in  several  Parliaments 

A  Member  of  the  House  of  Commons. 

The  Hon.  John  Scott,  M.  P., 

The  eldest  Son  of  the  above  named  first  Lord  and  Lady 

Eldon.     Died  on  the  24th  day  of  December,  1805, 

In  the  31st  year  of  his  age, 

Universally  esteemed  and  lamented, 

And  to  the  Inconsolable  grief  of  his  afflicted  Parents. 

His  Remains,  according  to  a  desire  that  he  had  expressed, 

"Were  interred  at  Cheshunt,  in  Hertfordshire. 

He  left  an  only  son,  John, 

Now  commonly  styled  Viscount  Encombe, 

By  his  wife  Henrietta  Elizabeth,  Daughter  of 

Sir  Matthew  "White  Eidley,  Bart.,  of  Blagden, 

In  the  County  of  Northumberland." 


Inscription  on  the  monument  of  the  Hon.  John  Scott, 
in  Cheshunt  churchyard,  Hertfordshire  ( written  by  his 
uncle,  Sir  William  Scott) : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  the  Honourable  John  Scott, 

(Eldest  Son  of  John  Baron  Eldon) 

"Who  at  the  age  of  thirty-one  years  was  removed  by  death 

From  the  hopes  and  affections  of  his  family  and  friends, 

To  all  of  whom  he  was  eminently  endeared, 

By  the  purity  of  his  moral  and  religious  principles, 

By  the  integrity  of  his  public   conduct, 

By  the  grace  of  a  highly  cultivated  understanding, 

And 

By  a  peculiar  sweetness  of  disposition  and  manners. 

This  last  painful  testimony  of  regard  is  dedicated 

By  his  disconsolate  Father 

And 

By  his  afflicted  Widow, 

(Henrietta  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Matthew  White 

Ridley,    Baronet) 

With  whom  he  had  been  happily  united  for  the  space  of 

little  more  than  one  year, 

And 

By  whom  he  has  left  an  onty  Son, 

Born  about  three  weeks  before  his  own  decease, 

Which  took  place  on  the  24th  of  December,  1805." 


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Lord  Stowell,  the  brother  of  Lord  Eldon,  was  buried 
in  Sonning  church,  near  Eeading ;  and  the  wall  above 
the  grave  bears  a  monument,  placed  there  by  his  son- 
in-law,  Lord  Sidmouth,  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"  Sacred 

To  the  Memory  of 

The  Eight  Honourable 

William  Scott,  Baron  Stowell, 

of  Stowell,  in  the  County  of  Gloucester, 

D.  C.  L.,     F.  E.  S. 

Born  October  28th,  1745, 

Died  January  28th,  1836. 

He  was  one  of  his  Majesty's 

Most  Honourable  Privy  Council : 

Many  years  Judge  of 

The  High  Court  of  Admiralty,  in  England, 

Chancellor  of  the  Diocese  of  London ; 

And  one  of 

The  Eepresentatives  in  Parliament 

For  the  University  of  Oxford, 

From  the  year  1796  to  the  year  1821, 

When  he  was  raised  to  the  Peerage. 

This  eminent  Person 

Was  universally  and  most  justly  regarded 

As  one  of 

The  principal  ornaments  of  the  country 

And  age  in  which  he  lived. 

In  him  were  combined 

All  the  talents  and  acquirements 

Of  a  profound  and  accomplished  scholar ; 

All  the  qualities  of  a  wise  and  upright  judge  ; 

Together  with  an  ardent  attachment 

To  the  civil  and  ecclesiastical  institutions 

Of  his  country, 

Of  which  institutions  he  was 

The  firm  and  uncompromising  supporter, 

Throughout  his  long  and 

Exemplary  Life." 


Mr.  Scott,  the  father  of  Lords  Eldon  and  Stowell,  was 
buried  at  All  Saints',  Newcastle.     Lord  Eldon  dedicated 


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a  tablet  to  his  memory  in  the  mother  church  of  St. 
Nicholas,  with  the  following  unostentatious  inscrip- 
tion : — 

"In  Memory  of 

Mr.  William  Scott, 

Freeman  and  hoastman  of  this  town, 

"Who  was  buried  at  All  Saints'  Church 

November,  1776. 

He  left  to  his  family  a  rich  inheritance,  in  the 

example  of  a  life  of  industry  unremitting, 

Of  probity  unsullied,  and  of  piety 

most  pure  and  sincere. 

This  Tablet  is  placed  here  by  one  of  his 

affectionate  Sons." 

Eldorfs  Life,  hy  Twiss. 


Inscription  on  a  monument  in  "Westminster  Abbey,  to 
the  Et.  Hon.  George  Canning  : — 

"George    Canning, 
Born  11th  April,  1770.     Died  8th  August,  1827. 

Endowed  with  a  rare  combination  of  talents, 

an  eminent  statesman, 

an  accomplished  scholar, 

an  orator  surpassed  by  none. 

He  united 

The  most  brilliant  and  lofty  qualities  of  the  mind 

with  the  warmest  affections  of  the  heart. 

Eaised  by  his  own  merit, 

He  successively  filled  important  offices  in  the  State, 

and  finally  became  first  Minister  of  the  Crown. 

In  the  full  enjoyment  of  his  Sovereign's  favour, 

and  of  the  confidence  of  the  people, 

He  was  prematurely  cut  off 

when  pursuing  a  wise  and  enlarged  course 

of  policy, 

Which  had  for  its  object  the  prosperity  and  greatness 

of  his  own  country, 

while  it  comprehended  the  welfare 

and  commanded  the  admiration 

of  foreign  nations. 


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This  Monument  is  erected 
By  his  Friends  and  Countrymen." 


By  the  Rt.  Hon.  George  Canning,  on  his  Son :— - 

"  George  Charles   Canning, 

Eldest  Son  of 

The  Eight  Honourable  George  Canning 

And  Joan  Scott,  his  Wife  ; 

Born  April  25,  1801.     Died  March  31,  1820. 

Though  short  thy  span,  God's  unimpeach'd  decrees, 
Which  made  that  shorten' d  span  one  long  disease, 
Yet,  merciful  in  chastening,  gave  thee  scope 
For  mild  redeeming  virtues,  faith  and  hope ; 
Meek  resignation ;  pious  charity  : 
And,  since  this  world  was  not  the  world  for  thee, 
Far  from  thy  path  remov'd,  with  partial  care, 
Strife,  glory,  gain,  and  pleasure's  flowery  snare, 
Bade  earth's  temptations  pass  thee  harmless  by, 
And  fix'd  on  heaven  thine  unre verted  eye. 

Oh  !  mark'd  from  birth,  and  nurtured  for  the  skies ; 
In  youth,  with  more  than  learning's  wisdom,  wise ; 
As  sainted  martyrs,  patient  to  endure ! 
Simple  as  unwean'd  infancy  and  pure  ! 
Pure  from  all  stain  (save  that  of  human  clay, 
Which  Christ's  atoning  blood  hath  wash'd  away  !) 
By  mortal  sufferings  now  no  more  oppress' d, 
Mount,  sinless  spirit,  to  thy  destin'd  rest ! 
While  I — reversed  our  nature's  kindlier  doom — 
Pour  forth  a  father's  sorrows  on  thy  tomb." 


On  a  tablet  in  Westminster  Abbey  is  this  inscription 
to  the  memory  of  the  Et.  Hon.  Charles  Btjller  : — 

"  Here,  amidst  the  memorials  of  maturer  greatness, 
this  tribute  of  private  affection  and  public  honour, 
records  the  talents,  virtues,  and  early  death  of  the 
Right  Hon.  Charles  Btjller  ;  who,  as  an  independent 


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member  of  Parliament,  and  in  the  discharge  of  import- 
ant offices  of  state,  united  the  deepest  human  sympa- 
thies with  wide  and  philosophic  views  of  government 
and  mankind,  and  pursued  the  noblest  political  and 
social  objects,  above  party  spirit  and  without  an  enemy. 
His  character  was  distinguished  by  sincerity  and  resolu- 
tion, his  mind  by  vivacity  and  clearness  of  comprehen- 
sion— while  the  vigour  of  expression  and  singular  wit, 
that  made  him  eminent  in  debate  and  delightful  in 
society,  were  tempered  by  a  most  gentle  and  generous 
disposition,  earnest  in  friendship  and  benevolent  to  all. 
The  British  Colonies  will  not  forget  the  statesman  who 
so  well  appreciated  their  desires  and  their  destinies  ;  and 
his  country  in  recalling  what  he  was,  deplores  the 
vanished  hope  of  all  he  might  have  become.  He  was 
born  August  -—  1806.     He  died  November  29th,  1848." 


In  Winchester  Cathedral : — 

"  A  Union  of  two  Brothers 
From  Avington.  The  Clark's  family  were  grandfather, 
father,  and  son,  successively  Clerks  of  the  Privy  Seal. 
William,  the  grandfather,  had  but  two  sons,  both 
Thomas;  their  wives,  both  Amys,  their  heirs  both 
Henrys  :  and  the  heirs  of  Henry,  both  Thomas ;  both 
their  wives  inheritrixes,  both  had  two  sons  and  one 
daughter,  and  both  their  daughters  issueless :  both  of 
Oxford ;  both  of  the  temple ;  both  officers  to  Queen 
Elizabeth,  and  our  noble  King  James  :  both  Justices  of 
the  Peace :  both  agree  in  arms,  the  one  a  knight,  the 
other  a  captain. 

Si  Queras  Avingtonium  Petas 
Cancellarium  Impensis. 

Thomas  Clarice,  of  Hide,  1622. 


On  the  first  Sir  Bobekt  and  Lady  Peel.  In  Drayton 
church,  Staffordshire,  on  the  white  wall,  is  a  plain  but 
massive  slab  of  white  marble,  which  bears  the  following 
inscription : — 


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"In  a  Vault 

Beneath  this  Church 

Are  deposited  the  remains  of 

Sir  Robeet  Peel,  Bart., 

Of  Drayton  Manor ; 

And  of  Ellen,  Lady  Peel,  his  wife, 

Daughter  of  William  Yates,  Esq., 

Of  Bury,  Lancashire. 

Sir  Robeet  Peel 

Was  born  25th  April,  1 750, 

And  died  3rd  May,  1830  ; 

Lady  Peel 

Was  born  5th  May,  1766, 

And  died  28th  December,  1803. 

Their  Children  have  raised  this  Monument  to  the  Memory 

of  their  beloved  parents  as  a  token  of  their 

affection  and  gratitude." 


Memorial  of  Sir  Robeet  Peel,  the  statesman.  A 
handsome  monumental  tablet  has  lately  been  erected  by 
tho  sons  of  the  late  Sir  Robeet,  in  the  parish  church  of 
Drayton;  it  is  of  statuary  marble  and  Roche  Abbey 
stone,  elaborately  carved  in  the  Tudor  style.  The  height 
of  the  monument  from  the  floor  of  the  church  to  the 
apex  of  the  finial  of  the  canopy  is  19  ft.  6  in.  :  and  the 
extreme  width  of  the  base  is  6  ft.  4  in.  :  it  has  an 
inscription  table  of  statuary  marble,  and  the  letters  are 
incised  and  gilt : — 

"  In  Memory  of 

The  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  Robeet  Peel,  Bart., 

to  whom  the  People 

have  raised  Monuments 

in  many  places. 

His  Children 

Erect  this  in  the  place 

where  his  body 

has  been  buried. 

He  was  born,  Feb.,  1788, 

and  died  2nd  July,   1850." 


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In  Longford  church,  Derbyshire,  is  a  beautiful  monu- 
ment to  Thomas  William  Coke,  Earl  of  Leicester. 
Upon  the  base  a  plain  slab  is  fixed,  bearing  the  following 
inscription : — 

11  To  the  revered  memory  of 
Thomas  William  Coke,  Earl  of  Leicester, 
Born  May  6,  1754.  Died  at  Longford,  June  30th,  1842. 
His  public  conduct  as  representative  for  fifty-seven 
years,  of  the  County  of  Norfolk,  was  conspicuous  for  its 
decision,  disinterested  zeal,  and  unimpeachable  integ- 
rity. Pre-eminent,  no  less  for  his  generosity  as  a  land- 
lord, than  for  his  skill  and  enterprise  as  an  agriculturist, 
he  secured  the  deep  affection  of  an  attached  and  pros- 
perous tenantry :  while  by  his  exertion  and  influence, 
he  extended  in  a  most  remarkable  degree  the  cultivation 
and  rural  improvements  of  the  country.  In  his  domestic 
relations,  he  was  most  affectionate,  kind,  and  hospitable. 
His  charity  was  munificent  without  ostentation,  and  his 
piety  simple,  and  unaffected,  but  warm  and  sincere. 

This  Monument  is  erected  by  persons  of  various 
classes  and  opinions  connected  with  the  county,  as  some 
record  of  an  example  so  excellent  and  instructive." 


Monument  to  the  Earl  of  Beauchamp.  In  the  parish 
church  of  St.  Marylebone,  New  Boad,  is  a  very  interest- 
ing memorial  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Earl  of  Beau- 
champ,  placed  there  by  his  widow.  The  tablet  consists 
of  a  bas-relief,  which  has  been  executed  in  Italy,  and  is 
a  fine  work  of  art.     The  urn  bears  in  Greek — 

"  He  is  not  dead,  but  sleepeth." 

Above  are  the  arms  of  the  Earl  and  Countess  (his  second 
wife)  in  their  proper  colours ;  the  whole  surmounted  by 
a  white  marble  cross.     The  inscription  is  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  John  Begin  ald  Pindae, 
third  Earl  of  Beauchamp,  of  Madresfield  Court,  Vis- 
count Elmly  and  Baron  of  Powyke,  county  of  Worcester, 
where  he  was  beloved  and  respected  for  thirty  years  as  a 
landlord  and  neighbour,  as  well  as  a  consistent  politician. 
He  was  endowed  with  rare  common  sense,  and  superior 


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abilities  for  business.  He  attained  great  knowledge  in 
agriculture,  in  the  pursuits  of  which  he  took  pleasure. 
He  was  remarkable  for  the  constancy  of  his  attachment 
to  the  friends  of  his  youth,  and  he  never  forgot  a 
kindness.  He  bequeathed  £60,000  for  the  erection  and 
endowment  of  alms-houses,  at  Newland,  Worcestershire, 
for  the  benefit  of  the  agricultural  poor.  The  last  act  of 
his  life  was  to  rebuild,  at  his  sole  expense,  the  church 
at  Madresfield.  He  died  January  2nd,  1853,  aged  sixty- 
nine  years,  after  a  long  illness  borne  with  exemplary 
resignation,  placidity,  and  gentleness.  His  widow, 
Catherine,  Countess  of  Beauchamp  (third  daughter  of 
the  Baroness  Braye)  received  his  last  sigh  and  mourned 
his  loss.  She  erects  this  monument  as  a  tribute  of 
affection  to  his  memory. 

Jesu  Mercy !     'lam  the  resurrection  and  the  life. 

He  that  believeth  in  me,  though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall 

he  live.'     St.  John  c.  11.  v.  25." 


On  a  tablet  in  the  church  of  St.  Giles-in-the-Fields, 
London : — 

"  In  Memory  of 

The  Right  Honourable 

Sir  Nicholas  Coitnygham  Tindal,  Kt.  D.C  L. 

For  17  years 

Lord  Chief  Justice 

of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 

and  a  resident  in  this  Parish. 

He  was  born  at  Chelmsford,  12th  December,  1776, 

And  died  at  Folkestone,  6th  July,  1846." 


In  the  crown  court  at  Stafford,  is  a  mural  monument 
to  Justice  Talfotjed,  placed  against  the  wall  between 
the  two  galleries.  The  bust  is  of  life  size.  The  base 
of  the  monumental  tablet  in  which  the  bust  is  placed 
bears  the  following  : — 


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"  On  the  Judgment  seat  of  this  Court, 

While  addressing  the  grand  jury, 

On   March  XIII.,    MDCCCLIV. 

Died 

Sir  Thomas  Noon  Talfoukd,  Knt.,    D.C.L., 

One  of  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 

An  accomplished  Orator,  Lawyer,  and  Poet. 


The  members  of  the  Oxford  Circuit 

Erected  this  Memorial 

Of  their  Regard  and  Admiration 

For  their  former  Leader,  Companion,  and  Friend." 


On  "William  Cobbett,  in  Farnham  churchyard, 
Surrey.  Over  the  slab  which  has  recently  covered  the 
grave  of  Cobbett,  in  the  above  churchyard,  a  tomb  has 
just  been  erected  ( by  Milnes).  It  is  made  of  Roche 
Abbey  stone,  and  stands  near  the  porch  of  the  church, 
is  of  solid  workmanship,  oblong  in  form,  and  in  the 
plainest  old  English  architectural  style.  On  one  panel 
the  inscription  copied  from  the  slab  is : — 

"  William  Cobbett,  son  of  George  and  Anne  Cobbett, 
bom  in  the  parish  of  Farnham,  9th  of  March,  1762: 
Enlisted  into  the  54th  Regiment  of  foot  in  1784,  of 
which  regiment  he  became  Sergeant-Major  in  1785,  and 
obtained  his  discharge  in  1791.  In  1794  he  became  a 
political  writer.  In  1832  was  returned  to  Parliament 
for  the  Borough  of  Oldham,  and  represented  it  till  his 
death,  which  took  place  at  Normandy  Farm,  in  the 
adjoining  parish  of  Ash,  on  the  18th  of  June,  1835." 

On  the  opposite  panel : — 

"  Anne  Cobbett,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Anne  Reid, 
and  Wife  of  William  Cobbett :  born  at  Chatham  28th 
of  March,  1 774.  Married  at  Woolwich  5th  of  February, 
1792.     Died  in  London  19th  of  July,  1848." 


Monument  to  Mr.  Joseph  Hume,  M.P.     This  memo- 
rial, which  is  of  massive  granite,  and  simple  in  its  form, 


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is  placed  in  the  cemetery  at  Kensal  Green.     The  inscrip- 
tion on  the  top  of  the  stone  covering  is : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Joseph  Hume,  Esq., 
member  of  Parliament  for  nearly  forty  years.  Born  at 
Montrose,  June  22nd,  1777;  died  at  Somerton,  Norfolk, 
Feb.  20th,  1855,  in  the  79th  year  of  his  age." 

Below  : — 

"Keep  innocency,  and  take  heed  unto  the  thing  that 
is  right,  for  that  shall  bring  a  man  peace  at  the  last.' — 
Psalm  xxxvii.,  v.  38." 


ARCHITECTS  AND  SCULPTORS. 


On  Sir  Cheistophee  Ween-,  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral. 
Over  the  entrance  to  the  choir  in  St.  Paul's  is  a  monu- 
ment erected  to  his  memory  (placed  there  by  Mylne,  the 
architect  of  Blackfriars'  Bridge),  with  an  inscription  in 
Latin,  thus  translated  : — 

"  Underneath  is  buried  Sir  Cheistophee  "Ween, 
The  builder  of  this  Church  and  City, 

Who  lived  about  ninety  years, 

not  to  himself,   but  to  the  public  good. 

Reader !  if  thou  seekest  his  monument, 

look  around. 

He  died,  Feb.  25,  1723,  in  the  91st  year  of  his  age." 

In  the  vaults  below,  where  he  is  buried,  a  plain  slab 
bears  this  inscription  : — 

"Herelieth 

Sir  Cheistophee  Weex,  Kt., 

The  Builder  of  this  Cathedral  Church  of  St.  Paul, 

who  died  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1723, 

and  of  his  age  91." 


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Near  him  lie  the  remains  of  his  sister,  Mrs.  Holden, 
and  of  his  only  daughter,  Jane,  who  was  distinguished 
both  as  an  architect  and  a  musician ;  she  has  a  pictu- 
resque monument  there ;  near  When,  lie  the  ashes  of 
the  following  great  English  painters,  whose  graves  are 
covered  by  flat  incised  stone : — Sir  Joshua  Eeynolds, 
James  Barry,  John  Opie,  Benjamin  West,  Henry  Fuseli, 
and  Sir  Thomas  Lawrence ;  as  well  as  the  architects  of 
Waterloo  and  Blackfriars'  Bridges — Robert  Mylne,  and 
John  Rennie. 


In  Tabernacle  chapel,  Tottenham  Court  road,  is  a 
monument  to  John  Bacon,  the  sculptor,  who  died 
August  4th,  1799,  aged  59,  on  which  is  engraved  the 
following  (written  by  himself) : — 

"What  I  was  as  an  artist 

seemed  to  me  of  some  importance 

while  I  lived : 

but  what  I  really  was  as  a  believer  in  Christ  Jesus, 

is  the  only  thing  of  importance  to  me  now." 


In  Wollaton  church  is  a  monument  erected  to  Smith- 
son,  the  architect  of  Nottingham  castle  and  Wollaton 
hall,  with  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Here  lyeth  ye  body  of  Mr.  Robert  Smithson,  Gent. 
Architecter  and  Surveyer  unto  the  most  worthy  House 
of  Wollaton,  with  diverse  others  of  great  account.  He 
lived  in  ye  faith  of  Christ  79  years,  and  then  departed 
this  life  ye  XVth  of  October,  Anno  Dm.  1614." 


On  Mr.  Nightingale,  architect : — 

"As the  birds  were  the  first  of  the  architect  kind, 
And  are  still  better  builders  than  men, 
What  wonders  may  spring  from  a  Nightingale's  mind 
When  St.  Paul's  was  produced  by  a  Wren." 


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In  the  Cathedral  church  of  Salisbury  : — 

"  In  Memory  of 

Thomas  Glover,  Architect, 

who,  having  erected  many 

Stately,    curious,   and  artful 

edifices  for  others,    himself  is 

here  lodged  under  this  single 

stone,  in  full  expectation 

however  of  a  building  with 

God,   eternal  in  the   Heavens. 

n,     ^       0  )  A.D.  1707, 
Ob.  Dec.  2,     Mut  68<„ 


On  a  plain  square  tablet,  in  Westminster  Abbey,  is 
the  following  inscription  : — 

"  In  Memory  of  Thomas  Banks,  Esq.,  R. A.,  sculptor, 
whose  superior  abilities  in  the  profession  added  a  lustre 
to  the  arts  of  his  country,  and  whose  character  as  a  man 
reflected  honour  on  human  nature.  His  earthly  remains 
were  deposited  by  his  desire,  on  the  north  side  of  the 
churchyard  of  Paddington.  His  spirit  is  with  God. 
He  died  Feb.  2,  1805,  aged  70  years." 


Sir  Francis  Chantrey,  the  sculptor,  died  Nov.  25, 
1841,  aged  69  years,  and  was  buried  in  a  vault  con- 
structed by  himself,  in  his  native  parish  of  Norton,  in 
Derbyshire.  At  this  place  a  monument  has  lately 
been  raised,  consisting  of  an  obelisk  21  ft.  10  in.  high, 
in  one  block,  3  ft.  square  at  the  base,  and  1  ft.  6j-in. 
square  at  the  top.  The  base  is  three  feet  high,  and 
weighs  upwards  of  9  tons.  The  foundation  is  a  solid 
square  of  masonry,  25  tons  of  stone  having  been  used 
in  the  construction.  The  material  of  the  shaft  and  steps 
is  grey  granite,  fine  axed,  from  the  quarries  of  Cornwall. 
The  design  (a  plain  shaft  on  3  steps)  was  furnished  by 
Mr.  Philip  Hardwick,  R.A.  The  only  inscription  is  the 
word — 

"  Chantrey" 


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in  incised  square  letters,   cut  after  the  manner  of  the 
ancient  hieroglyphics." 


Sir  John  Vanbetjgh,  the  architect  and  dramatist, 
died  March  26th,  1726,  aged  60  years.  He  built  Blen- 
heim house,  the  towers  of  which  have  a  heavy  appear- 
ance, like  most  of  that  architect's  performances,  which 
caused  the  following  epitaph  to  be  written  on  him,  by 
Dr.  Evans : — 

"  Under  this  stone,  reader,  survey 
Dead  Sir  John  Vanbrttgh's  house  of  clay. 
Lie  heavy  on  him,  earth  !  for  he 
Laid  many  heavy  loads  on  thee." 


ASTRONOMERS. 


Nicholas  Copeenicus,  the  great  astronomer,  died 
June,  1543,  aged  70,  and  Count  Sierakowski  erected  a 
monument  to  his  memory,  in  St.  Anne's  church  at  Cra- 
cow, with  this  inscription  taken  from  the  Bible  : — 

"  Sta,  Sol,  ne  moveare." 


Archimedes,  the  most  celebrated  of  Greek  geometers, 
was  killed  by  some  soldiers  as  he  was  deeply  engaged  in 
solving  a  geometrical  problem,  b.c  212  years:  at  his 
own  request  during  his  life,   a  sphere  inscribed  in  a 


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cylinder  was  engraven  on  his  tomb,  in  memory  of  his 
discovery  that  the  solid  content  of  a  sphere  is  exactly 
two-thirds  of  the  circumscribing  cylinder.  By  this 
method  Cicero  afterwards  discovered  his  tomb,  with  an 
inscription  upon  it. 


Godfrey  "William  Leibnitz,  the  learned  mathemati- 
cian and  philosopher,  died  November,  1716,  aged  69, 
and  his  monument,  constructed  in  the  form  of  a  temple, 
bears  the  simple  inscription: — 

"  The  Bones  of  Leibnitz." 


On  a  profligate  mathematician,  at  Manchester : — 

"  Here  lies  John  Hill,  a  man  of  skill, 
His  age  was  five  times  ten  : 
He  ne'er  did  good,  nor  ever  would, 
Had  he  liv'd  as  long  again." 


Monument  to  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  in  Westminster 
Abbey.  Newton  is  represented  in  a  recumbent  posture, 
his  right  arm  leaning  on  four  folios,  entitled  Divinity — 
Chronology — Optics —  and  Phil.  Prin.  Math.,  and  point- 
ing to  a  scroll  supported  by  two  cherubs.  Immediately 
above  him,  projecting  from  behind  a  pyramid  of  black 
marble,  is  a  large  globe  on  which  is  delineated  the  course 
of  the  comet  in  1680,  with  the  signs,  constellations, 
and  planets.  On  the  globe  sits  the  figure  of  Astronomy 
in  a  contemplative  attitude,  with  her  book  closed. 
Underneath  the  figure  of  Newton  is  a  curious  bas-relief, 
emblematic  of  his  various  discoveries.  The  monument 
is  by  Bysbrack,  and  the  inscription  is  Latin,  which  is 
thus  translated  : — 

"H.  S.  E. 

Sir  Isaac  Newton. 

By  a  spirit  almost  divine,  he  solved,  on  principles 

of  his  own, 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


the  motion  and  figure  of  the  planets,  the  paths  of  the 
comets,  and  the  ebbing  and  flowing  of  the  sea;  he 
discovered  the  dissimilarity  of  the  rays  of  light,  and 
the  properties  of  colours  from  thence  arising,  which 
none  but  himself  had  ever  thought  of.  He  was  a 
diligent,  wise,  and  faithful  interpreter  of  nature,  anti- 
quity, and  the  Holy  Scriptures ;  by  his  philosophy  he 
maintained  the  dignity  of  the  Supreme  Being,  and  by 
the  purity  of  his  life,  the  simplicity  of  the  gospel. 
How  much  reason  mortals  have  to  pride  themselves  in 
the  existence  of  so  great  an  ornament  to  the  human 
race.  He  was  born  Dec.  25,  1642,  and  died  March  20, 
1726." 


Intended  for  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  by  Alexander  Pope : — 

"  Nature  and  Nature's  laws  lay  hid  in  night : 
God  said — 'Let  Newton  be' — and  all  was  light." 


When  the  house  of  Sir  Isaac  Newton  was  repaired, 
in  1798,  a  tablet  of  white  marble  was  put  up  by  Mr. 
Turner  in  the  room  where  Sir  Isaac  was  born,  with  the 
following  inscription : — 


"  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  son  of  John  Newton,  Lord  of 
the  Manor  of  Woolsthorpe,  was  born  in  this  room  on 
the  25th  of  December,  1642. 

Nature  and  Nature's  laws,  &c." 


Dr.  Hallet,  the  second  astronomer  royal  (who  suc- 
ceeded Flamsteed)  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Lee, 
Kent,  with  the  following  inscription : — 

"  Sub  hoc  Marmore 
Placide  requiescit,  cum  uxore  carissima 

"Edmundtjs  Halleitjs,  L.L.D. 
Astronomorum  sui  sceculi  facile  princeps, 


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ASTRONOMERS. 


Ut  vero  scias,  Lector 

qualis  quantusque  virille  fait 

Scripta  ejus  multifaria  lege, 

Quibus  omnes  fere  artes  et  scientias 

Illustravit,  ornavit,  amplificavit, 

iEquum  est  Igitur, 

Ut,  quern  cives  sui  vivum 

Tantopere  coluere 

Memoriam  ejus  posteritas 

Grata  veneretur. 

Natus      \       ,    .     n     (    MDCLVI. 

Mortuus    j    est  A'  u    (    MDCCXLIII. 

Hoc  saxum  optimis  parentibus 

Sacrarunt  duse  filise  pientissimae 

Anno  C.     MDCCXLII." 


"  Here  is  also  interred  Mrs.  Margaret  Halle y, 

The  eldest  daughter  of  the  above  Dr.  Halley. 

She  died  on  the  13th  of  October,  1743, 

In  the  55th  year  of  her  age. 


Also,  Mrs.  Catherine  Price,  youngest 

Daughter  of  the  above  Dr.  Halley, 

who  died  Nov.  the  10th,  1765,  Aged  77  years, 

and  Mr.  Henry  Price,  her  husband." 


At  the  foot  of  the  tomb  is  the  following  inscription 
to  John  Pond,  the  sixth  astronomer  royal : — 

"John   Pond, 

Born  MDCCLXVII 

was  elected 

Astronomer  Royal 

MDCCCXI 

which  office  he  resigned 

MDCCCXXXY, 

and  died  MDCCCXXXVI." 

On  the  opposite  end  of  the  tomb,  are  the  words — 

"  Restored  by  the  Lords'  Commissioners  of  Admiralty, 
March,  1854.'" 

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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Translation  of  the  Latin  inscription  to  the  memory  of 
James  Bradley,  the  third  astronomer  royal,  who  suc- 
ceeded Dr.  Halley,  on  the  brass  plate  now  affixed  to 
the  wall  on  the  east  side  of  the  south  transept  in  Minch- 
inhampton  church,  Gloucestershire,  and  formerly  on  the 
tomb  in  the  churchyard  : — 

"  Here  lies  buried  James  Bbadley,  D.D.,  Member 
of  the  Royal  Societies  of  London,  Paris,  Berlin,  and 
Petersburgh  ;  Astronomer  Royal ;  Savilian  Professor  of 
Astronomy  at  Oxford ;  a  man  highly  esteemed  for  his 
knowledge  of  philosophy,  especially  in  the  investigation 
of  abstruse  points  ;  so  successfully  diligent,  and  of  such 
great  wisdom,  that  those  of  every  nation  who  devoted 
themselves  to  those  pursuits,  freely  owned  his  superiority; 
and,  at  the  same  time,  of  such  rare  modesty,  that  he 
also  seemed  ignorant  of  the  high  reputation  in  which  he 
was  held  by  the  most  competent  judges. 

He  died  12th  July,  1762,  aged  70." 


In  Lee  churchyard,  Kent,  close  by  Dr.  Halley,  is 
buried  Bliss,  the  fourth  astronomer  royal,  but  without 
any  inscription.  The  only  mention  of  Bliss's  name,  at 
Lee,  is  in  the  register  of  burials,  which  terminates  very 
abruptly.     It  is  as  follows  : — 

"  The  Reverend  Mr.  Nathaniel  Bliss,  of  East 
Greenwich,  was  buried  September  4th,  1 764.  He  was" — 


REMARKABLE  PEESONS. 


Upon  the  pedestal  of  the  statue  erected  to  Joan  of 
Arc,  the  maid  of  Orleans,  in  Rouen,  on  the  spot  of  her 
unjust  execution,  was  affixed  an  inscription  in  acknow- 


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I    REMARKABLE  PERSONS. 


ledgment  of  her  services  to  the  state,  which  may  be 
thus  translated  : — 

"  The  Maiden's  sword  protects  the  royal  crown : 
Beneath  her  sacred  care,  the  lilies  safely  bloom." 

Chambers. 


At  Kirlees,  Yorkshire,  is,  or  was  lately,  a  funeral 
monument  of  the  famous  outlaw,  Robin  Hood,  inscribed 
as  follows  : — 

"Here,  undernead  dis  laid  stean, 
Lais,  Robert,  Earl  of  Hunting-tun ; 
Nea  arter  az  hie  sa  geud, 
An  pipl  kauld  him  Robin  Heud, 
Sich  outlawz  hi  an  iz  men, 
Vil  England  never  si  agen. 

Obiit  24.  kal.  Decembrio.  1247."  * 

Robin  Hood  lies  buried  in  the  park :  the  remains  of 
the  ancient  gravestone  having  been  surrounded  with  a 
handsome  iron  railing,  by  the  late  Sir  George  Armitage  ; 
in  the  wall  is  an  old  inscription  on  brass ;  it  is  situated 
in  a  very  gloomy  place.  Not  far  distant  from  his  grave, 
are  the  remains  of  a  Nunnery,  and  a  burial  ground, 
with  tombs  in  it ;  but  I  could  find  no  date,  either  in  the 
house  or  on  those  tombs.  One  of  the  tombs  has  this 
inscription  round  its  edge  : — 

"Sweet  Jesus  of  Nazareth,  show  mercy  to  Elizabeth 
Stainton,  late  Prioress  of  this  place." 

The  following  is  also  said  to  have  been  inscribed  on 
the   tombstone  of  Robin  Hood  : — 

"Underneath  this  marble  stone 
Through  death's  assault  now  lieth  one, 
Known  by  the  name  of  Robin  Hood 
Who  was  a  thief  and  archer  good. 


*  This  epitaph  was  found  among  the  papers  of  the  learned  Gale,  Dean 
of  York,  written  in  old  English. 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Full  twenty  years  (and  somewhat  more) 
He  robbed  the  rich  to  feed  the  poor  : 
Therefore  bedew  his  grave  with  tears, 
And  offer  for  his  soul  your  prayers. 

He  died  Dec.  1247." 


In  St.  Mary's  churchyard,  Lambeth  Walk,  is  the 
tomb  of  the  Tradescants,  founders  of  the  Ashmolean 
Museum,  at  Oxford,  erected  in  1662.  The  younger 
Tradescant  left  his  museum  of  natural  history  to  Mr. 
Elias  Ashmole,  who  afterwards  bequeathed  it  to  the 
University  of  Oxford.  A  black  marble  tablet  bears  this 
inscription : — 

"  John  Tradescant, 
Died  a.d.  MDCXXXYIII. 
Jane  Tradescant,  his  wife, 

Died  a.d.  MDCXXXIY. 

John    Tradescant,    his   son, 

Died  25th  April,  a.d.  MDCLXII. 

John  Tradescant,  his  grandson, 

Died  11th  September,  a.d.  MDCLII. 

Hester,  wife  of  John  Tradescant,  Younger, 

Died  6th  April,  a.d.  MDCLXYIII. 

Know,  stranger  !  ere  thou  pass,  beneath  this  stone 
Lye  John  Tradescant,  grandsire,  father,  son  : 
The  last  dyed  in  his  Spring  :  the  other  two 
Liv'd  till  they'd  travell'd  Art  and  Nature  thro', 
As  by  their  choice  collections  may  appear, 
Of  what  is  rare  in  land,  in  sea,  or  air : 
"Whilst  they  (as  Homer's  Iliad  in  a  nut) 
A  world  of  wonders  in  one  closet  shut : 
These  famous  antiquarians,  that  had  been 
Both  gardeners  to  the  Rose  and  Lily  Queen,* 
Transplanted  now,  themselves  sleep  here,  and  when 
Angels  shall  with  their  trumpets  waken  men, 
And  fire  shall  purge  the  world — these  hence  shall  rise 
And  change  this  garden  for  a  Paradise. 


*  Meaning  Queen  Elizabeth,  the  Rose  Queen ;  and  Henrietta,  Consort  of 
Charles  II.,  the  Lily  Queen. 


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REMARKABLE  PERSONS. 


This  Tomb,  originally  erected  on  this  spot  in  the  year  1662, 
By  Hester,  relict  of  John  Tradescant,  the  Younger, 

Being  in  a  state  of  decay 
"Was  repaired  by  Subscription,  in  the  year  1773." 

After  a  lapse  of  nearly  two  centuries  since  its  erection, 
it  was  entirely  restored,  by  subscription,  in  the  year 
1853. 


On  William  Lilly,  the  astrologer. — In  the  church 
of  Walton-upon-Thames,  is  the  tomb  of  Lilly,  with  the 
following  inscription  : — 

"That  the  tomb  of  that  eminent  Astrologer  William 
Lilly,  might  not  be  utterly  forgotten,  who  died  on  the 
9th  June,  in  the  Julian  year  of  our  Lord,  1681,  Elias 
Ashmole,  Esquire,  dedicated  to  him  this  testimony  of 
his  affection.  King  Charles  the  Second  granted  to  the 
above  William  Lilly,  a  pension  of  a  hundred  pounds 
per  annum,  during  life,  which  he  enjoyed  in  Walton 
for  several  years." 


On  Joanna  Southcote,  the  notorious  imposter. — She 
died  Dec.  27th,  1814,  aged  64,  and  was  buried  at 
Mary-le-bone.  In  St.  John's  Wood  chapel  is  a  flagstone 
placed  to  her  memory,  on  which  are  engraven  the  follow- 
ing doggerel  lines,  signed  "  Sabineus"  : — 

"  While  vain  sages  think  they  know 
Truths  which  Thou  alon'st  can  show, 
Time  alone  shall  show  what  hour 
Thou'lt  appear  in  greater  power." 


On  Sir  John  Mandeville,  in  St.  Alban's  Abbey. 
On  one  of  the  pillars  of  the  nave,  in  St.  Alban's  Abbey, 
Herts.,  there  is  an  inscription  to  the  memory  of  the 
famous  traveller,  Sir  John  Mandeville,  whose  excessive 


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credulity,  rather  than  a  love  of  misrepresentation,  made 
his  "Itinerary"  the  type  of  the  modern  Baron  Munchausen. 
Who  forgets  (that  has  once  read  it)  the  "Tattler's" 
account  of  the  experiences  of  himself  and  crew  at 
Nova  Zembla,  where  their  words  froze  in  the  act  of 
being  uttered,  and  on  a  thaw  coming  on,  were  heard 
breaking  as  it  were  from  the  atmosphere  in  the  most 
extraordinary,  and,  according  to  Mr.  Bickerstaff,  the 
most  mirth-provoking  manner  ?  Sir  Johx  was  born  at 
St.  Alban's,  and  hurled  there*  in  1372,  having  com- 
menced his  peregrinations  in  1322,  and  continued  them 
during  34  years,  through  the  greater  part  of  the  world. 
The  inscription  over  his  remains  is  as  follows  : — 

"  Lo  in  this  tomb  of  travellers  do  ly 

One  rich  in  nothing  but  in  memory ; 
His  name  was  Sir  Johx  AIaxdeville,  content, 
Having  seen  much  mirth,  with  small  confinement ; 
Towards  which  he  travelled  ever  since  his  birth, 
And  at  last  pawned  his  body  to  the  earth, 
Which  by  a  statute  must  in  mortgage  be 
Till  a  Eedeemer  come  to  set  it  free." 
A  Visit  to  the  Shrine  of  St.  Allan's,  hy  2Irs.  Wliite. 


In  St.  John  the  Baptist  church,  Savoy  street,  London, 
is  a  monument  to  Bichard  Laxder,  the  African  travel- 
ler, bearing  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Sacred 

To  the  memory  of 

Air.  Bichard  Lander, 

Born  at  Truro,  in  Cornwall,  on  the  8th  of  February,  1804, 

and  Died  at  Fernando  Po,  on  the  2nd  February,  1834. 


*  Sir  John  de  Mandeville  died  at  Liege,  Xov.   17,  1371,  and  -was  buried 
there,  with  an  inscription  upon  his  tomb,  in  the  French  of  that  time  : — 

"  Vos  ki  paseis  sor  mi,  pour  l'amour  Deis 
Proies  por  mi." 

Rahking's  Historical  Researches,  &c,  p  514. 

He  died  at  Liege  in  1372,  where  a  monument  is  erected  to  his  memory, 
the  inscription  of  which  denominates  him — 

"  John  de  Maxdeville,  alias  De  Barba,  Lord  of  Campoli." 

Another  writer's  statement. 


422 


REMARKABLE  PERSONS. 


His  death  was  occasioned  by  a  gun-shot  wound,  received 
from  the  Natives  of  Africa,  by  whom  he  was  attacked 
and  plundered  whilst  ascending  the  Biver  Niger,  for 
the  purpose  of  introducing  into  that  country  the  bless- 
ings of  civilization,  and  the  arts  of  peace. 

This  Tablet  is  erected  by  his  Widow  and  Child." 


In  St.  John's  church,  Maddermarket,  Norwich,  is  a 
mural  monument  to  the  memory  of  the  second  wife  of 
Thomas,  duke  of  Norfolk,  who  was  beheaded.  It  bears 
the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Under  this  place 

lie  the  remains  of 

The  Virtuous  Lady  Maegaeet, 

Duchess  of  Norfolk, 

and  daughter  of 

Thomas  Lord  Audley,  of  Walden, 

Lord  High  Chancellor  of  England. 

She  died  Feb.  7th, 

1563.  Mt.  23. 

Her  descendant, 

Lord  John  Howard,  of  Walden, 

Erected  this  monument 

to  her  memory, 

1791." 


In  Worlingworth  church  is   a  beautiful   monument 
(by  Bacon),  inscribed  as  follows  : — 

"Erected  to  the  memory  of 

the  most  noble 

Elizabeth,  Duchess  Dowager  of  Chandos, 

Deceased  the  30th  of  March,  1813,  aged  82. 

Her  grace  was  more  exalted  by  intrinsic  virtue  than  rank. 

The  unaffected  grief  of  her  relatives,  friends  and 

Neighbours,  the  blessings  of  a  multitude, 

Followed  her  to  the  Grave. 

Promptitude  to  honour  and  obey  her  Parents 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Gave  evidence  of  her  mortal  longevity  : 

Her  faith,  her  piety,  her  christian  resignation, 

Her  stedfast  hope, 

Her  trust  in  the  mercy  of  God, 

Give,  it  is  humbly  presumed  by  her  mourning  survivors, 

assurance  of  a  crown  and  a  glory 

eternal. 

This  Monumental  tribute  proceeds  from  the  veneration 

of  her  ever  affectionate  and  grateful  nephew, 

John  Lord  Henniker, 

MDCCCXVIII." 


Monument  to  Lilltwhite,  the  cricketer.  In  August, 
1856,  was  erected  in  Highgate  cemetery,  a  monument 
to  this  celebrated  cricketer.  It  consists  of  a  marble 
pedestal,  surmounted  by  a  broken  column,  upon  which 
is  engraved  the  following  characteristic  inscription : — 

"Lilltwhite,  born  June,  1792;  died  August  21,  1854. 
From  an  humble  situation  he  achieved  a  world-wide 
reputation,  teaching,  both  by  precept  and  example,  a 
sport  in  which  the  blessings  of  youthful  strength  and 
spirits  may  be  most  innocently  enjoyed,  to  the  exercise 
of  mind,  the  discipline  of  the  temper,  and  the  general 
improvement  of  the  man. 

This  monument  testifies  the  respect  of  the  noblemen 
and  gentlemen  of  the  Marylebone  Cricket  Club,  and  of 
the  many  private  friends  to  one  who  did  his  duty  in  the 
state  of  life  to  which  it  had  pleased  God  to  call  him." 


George  Stephenson,  the  eminent  engineer,  died 
Aug,  12th,  1848,  in  the  68th  year  of  his  age,  and  was 
buried  in  Trinity  church,  Chesterfield,  where,  near  to 
his  grave,  is  a  memorial  window,  erected  by  his  son, 
Mr.  Eobert  Stephenson,  inscribed  only  with  his  name, 
age,  and  time  of  death. 


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REMARKABLE  PERSONS. 


Sir  Richard  Arkwright,  the  inventor  of  cotton 
spinning,  died  Aug.  3rd,  1792,  aged  59,  and  was  buried 
in  a  vault  beneath  the  floor  of  the  neat  little  church  at 
Cromford,  in  Derbyshire;  but  neither  an  inscription  on  his 
tomb,  nor  a  memorial  in  the  church  records  the  name  of 
him  who  will  ever  claim  an  exalted  position  among  the 
founders  of  England's  manufacturing  and  commercial 
greatness.  In  the  same  vault  are  deposited  the  remains 
of  his  son,  Richard  Arewright,  Esq.,  who  inherited 
his  father's  sagacity  and  aptitude  for  business,  and  died 
the  wealthiest  commoner  in  England,  April  23rd,  1843, 
aged  87. 


In  the  churchyard  of  "Wrexham,  Denbighshire,  in 
North  "Wales,  is  buried  Elihu  Yale,  the  traveller,  of 
whom  it  is  said  that,  when  in  India,  he  ordered  his 
groom  to  be  hanged  for  having  ridden  his  horse  on  a 
journey  of  two  or  three  days  for  the  sake  of  his  health. 
Yale  died  in  London,  and  the  following  inscription  is 
on  his  tomb  at  "Wrexham  : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Elihu  Yale,  Esq., 
Who  died  22nd  July,  1721. 

Born  in  America,  in  Europe  bred,  \ 

In  Africa  travel!' d,  and  in  Asia  wed,  .' 

"Where  long  he  liv'd  and  thriv'd,  at  London  dead.  ) 
Much  good,  some  ill  he  did ;  so  hope  all's  even, 
And  that  his  soul  thro  mercy's  gone  to  heaven. 
You  that  survive,  and  read,  take  care 
For  this  most  certain  exit  to  prepare  ; 
For  only  the  actions  of  the  just 
Shall  sweet  and  blossom  in  the  dust." 


Monument  to  Sir  Edward  "Wtnter,  in  Battersea 
church.  This  monument  is  on  the  south  wall ;  on  the 
top  is  his  bust,  of  a  large  size,  with  whiskers  :  under- 
neath the  inscription  is  a  bas-relievo,  representing  him 


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in  the  act  of  performing  the  exploits  mentioned  in  his 
epitaph.  He  died  1685,  aged  64.  The  inscription 
(after  a  few  lines  in  Latin)  is  as  follows : — 

"  Born  to  be  great,  in  fortune  as  in  mind, 
Too  great  to  be  within  an  isle  confin'd  ; 
Young,  helpless,  friendless,  seas  unknown  he  tried  ; 
But  English  courage  all  those  wants  supplied. 
A  pregnant  wit,  a  painful  diligence, 
Care  to  provide,  and  bounty  to  dispense  ; 
Join'd  to  a  soul  sincere,  plain,  open,  just, 
Procur'd  him  friends,  and  friends  procur'd  him  trust. 
These  were  his  fortune's  rise,  and  thus  began 
This  hardy  youth  raised  to  that  happy  man. 
A  rare  example,  and  unknown  to  most, 
"Where  wealth  is  gain'd,  and  conscience  is  not  lost ; 
Nor  less  in  martial  honour  was  his  name, 
Witness  his  actions  of  immortal  fame : 
Alone,  unarm' d,  a  tyger  he  oppress' d, 
And  crush' d  to  death  the  monster  of  a  beast : 
Twice  twenty  mounted  Moors  he  overthrew,  ] 

Singly,  on  foot,  some  wounded,  some  he  slew  : 
Dispers'd  the  rest — what  more  could  Sampson  do  ?  ) 
True  to  his  friends,  a  terror  to  his  foes, 
Here  now  in.  T)eace  his  honoured  bones  repose. 
Yita  Peregrinatio." 

This  Monument  was  restored,  after  the  rebuilding  of 
the  Church,  by  his  great  grandson,  Edwd.  Hampson 
Wynter,  Esq. 


At  Babraham,  in  Cambridgeshire,  is  this  epitaph  on 
Oeazio  Palovici^,  who  was  the  last  deputed  to  this 
country  to  collect  the  Peter-pence ;  but  instead  of 
returning  to  Rome,  he  divided  the  spoil  with  the  queen, 
and  bought  the  estate  at  Babraham  : — 

"  Here  lies  Oeazio  Palottcust 
Who  robb'd  the  Pope  to  pay  the  Queen. 
He  was  a  thief : — A  thief  ?  thou  liest ! 
For  why  ?     He  robb'd  but  Antichrist. 
Him  death  with  besom  swept  from  Babraham, 
"Onto  the  bosom  of  Old  Abraham ; 


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REMARKABLE  PERSONS. 


Then  came  Hercules  with  his  club, 
And  knocked  him  down  to  Beelzebub.' 


In  Newhaven  churchyard,  on  Thomas  Tippeb,   who 
died  May  14,  1785:— 

"Reader,  with  kind  regard,  this  grave  survey, 
Nor  heedless  pass  where  Tipper's  ashes  lay. 
Honest  he  was, — ingenuous,  blunt,  and  kind, 

And  dar'd  do  what  few  dare  do speak  his  mind. 

Philosophy  and  History  well  he  knew — 
Was  vers'd  in  Physic  and  in  Surgery  too. 
The  best  old  Stingo  he  both  brew'd  and  sold, 
Nor  did  one  knavish  act  to  get  his  gold. 
He  play'd  through  life  a  varied  comic  part, 
And  knew  immortal  Hudibras  by  heart ! 
Eeader!  in  real  truth,  such  was  the  man": 
Bejbetter,  wiser — laugh  more,  if  you  can." 


James  Watt,  was  buried  in  the  church  at  Handsworth, 
near  his  estate  of  Heathfield.    His  son,  Mr.  James  "Watt, 
has  raised  over  his  grave  a  Gothic  Chapel,  in  the  centre 
of  which  is  placed  a  statue  by  Chantrey.     He  has  also  a 
monument  in  Westminster  Abbey,  erected  by  subscrip- 
tion.    It  consists  of  a  colossal  statue  of  Carrara  marble, 
by  Chantrey,  and  on  the  pedestal  of  the  monument  is  the 
following  inscription  from  the  pen  of  Lord  Brougham: — 
"Not  to  perpetuate  a  name 
Which  must  endure  while  the  peaceful  arts  flourish, 
But  to  show 
That  mankind  have  learned  to  honour  those 
Who  best  deserve  their  gratitude, 
The  King, 
His  Ministers,  and  many  of  the  Nobles 
And  Commons  of  the  Kealm, 
Raised  this  monument  to 
James  Watt, 


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EPITAPHS.  ETC. 


Who,  directing  the  force  of  an  original  genius, 

Early  exercised  in  Philosophic  research 

To  the  improvement  of 

The  Steam  Engine, 

Enlarged  the  resources  of  his  country, 

Increased  the  power  of  ATari, 

And  rose  to  an  eminent  place 

Among  the  most  illustrious  followers  of  Science 

And  the  real  Benefactors  of  the  world. 

Born  at  Greenock.  1LDCCXXXYI. 

Died  at  Heathneld,  in  Staffordshire,  1LDCCCXIX." 


Charles  Bcoxaparte,  the  father  of  the  first 
Xapoleon,  died  at  ALontpellier,  in  1783,  and  was  interred 
there  in  a  very  modest  tomb,  in  the  Church  of  St. 
Dennis. 


Burial  place  of  John  Howard,  the  philanthropist. 
Howard's  dying  wish  was  that  a  sun-dial  should  be 
placed  over  his  grave,  and  that  he  might  be  forgotten. 
The  Cherson  authorities  buried  him  at  the  spot  he  had 
selected,  but,  instead  of  a  sun-dial,  erected  a  brick  pyra- 
mid over  his  grave,  surrounded  with  stone  posts  and 
chains.  There  was  no  inscription,  but  simply  the 
words — 

"JOHN  HOAYARD." 

Another  monument  was  erected  to  his  memory  in  the 
church  of  the  Assumption. 


The  monument  to  John  Howard,  in  St.  Paul's  Cathe- 
dral, is  a  well  executed  statue,  by  Bacon,  representing  that 
benevolent  man  in  the  Roman  costume,  trampling  on 
some  fetters  ;  a  key  in  his  right  hand,  and  in  his  left  a 
scroll,  on  which  these  words  are  visible  : — 


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REMARKABLE  PERSONS. 


"  Plan  for  the  Improvement  of  Prisons  and  Hospitals." 
There  is  a  bas-relief  on  the  front  of  the  pedestal, 
representing  Howard  entering  a  cell,  bringing  food  and 
clothing  for  the  prisoners.  Below  this  is  the  name 
"  John  Howard."  On  the  north  side  of  the  pedestal — 
"  John  Bacon,  Sculptor,  1795."  On  the  south  side  is 
this  inscription,  written  by  the  late  Samuel  Whitbread, 
M.P.  :— 

"  This  extraordinary  man  had  the  fortune  to  be 

honoured  whilst  living,  in  the  manner  in  which  his 

virtues  deserved. 

He  received  the  thanks  of  both  Houses  of  the  British 

and  Irish  Parliament  for  his  eminent  services 

rendered  to  his  country 

and  to  mankind. 

Our  national  prisons  and  hospitals, 

improved  upon  the  suggestions  of  his  wisdom, 

bear   testimony  to  the  solidity  of  his  judgment, 

and  to  the  estimation  in  which  he  was  held. 

In  every  part  of  the  civilized  world, 

which  he  traversed  to  reduce  the  sum  of  human  misery, 

from  the  throne  to  the  dungeon, 

his  name  was  mentioned 

with  respect,  gratitude,  and  admiration. 

His  modesty  alone 

defeated  various  efforts  which  were  made  during  his  life 

to  erect  this  statue, 

which  the  public  has  now  consecrated  to  his  memory. 

He  was  born  at  Hackney,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex, 

Sept.  2nd,  1726. 

The  early  part  of  his  life  he  spent  in  retirement, 

residing  principally  upon  his  paternal  estate, 

at  Cardington,  in  Bedfordshire, 

for  which  county  he  served  the  office  of  Sheriff 

in  the  year  1773. 

He  expired  at  Cher  son  in  Russian  Tartary,  on  the 

20th  January,  1790, 

a  victim  to  the  perilous  and  benevolent  attempt 

to  ascertain  the  cause  of,  and  find  an  efficacious  remedy 

for  the  plague. 

He  trod  an  open  and  unfrequented  path  to  immortality, 

in  the  ardent  and  unintermitted  exercise  of 

Christian  charity. 


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ITay  this  tribute  to  his  fame 
excite  an  emulation  of  his  truly  glorious  achievements." 


The  remains  of  Walter  Venhting,  the  philanthro- 
pist, lie  at  St.  Petersburgh,  and  have  had  accorded  to 
them  a  simple  monument,  with  an  inscription  in  Rus 
and  English.  After  his  funeral,  Prince  Gallitzin 
observed : — 

"  While  Eussia  has  to  show,  near  one  frontier,  the 
ashes  of  his  countryman,  who  about  thirty  years  before, 
fell  a  victim  to  his  philanthropy,  at  another  extremity 
of  that  empire,  she  here  presents  in  the  capital,  the 
monument  of  a  second  Howard." 


Rosamond  Clifford,  the  famous  mistress  of  Henry  II., 
was  buried  in  the  chapel  of  the  nunnery  at  Godstow, 
near  Oxford,  with  this  curious  inscription  on  her 
tomb  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  in  tumba,  Rosa  mundi,  non  Rosa  munda  : 
Non  redolet  sed  olet,  quae  redolere  solet." 

Imitated  in  English  : — 

"Here  lies  not  Rose  the  chaste,  but  Rose  the  fair; 
Her  scents  no  more  perfume,  but  taint  the  air." 


Old  Tobias  Hobsox,  the  University  carrier,  kept  a 
stable  of  forty  good  cattle  always  ready  and  fit  for 
travelling,  to  furnish  the  scholars  of  Cambridge  Univer- 
sity. When  a  man  came  for  a  horse,  he  was  led  into 
the  stable,  where  there  was  great  choice  :  but  he  obliged 
him  to  take  the  horse  which  stood  next  to  the  stable 
door.  Erom  whence  it  became  a  proverb  "  Hobson's 
choice."  Mr.  Hobsox  sickened  in  the  time  of  his 
vacancy,  being  forbid  to  go  to  London  by  reason  of  the 


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plague.     The  following  epitaph  on  Old  Hobson,   is  by 

John  Milton  : — 

"Here  lies  Old  Hobsoist  ;  Death  hath  broke  his  girt, 
And  here,  alas  !  hath  laid  him  in  the  dirt ; 
Or  else  the  ways  being  foul,  twenty  to  one 
He's  here  stuck  in  a  slough,  and  overthrown. 
'Twas  such  a  shifter,  that  if  truth  were  known, 
Death  was  half  glad  when  he  had  got  him  down ; 
For  he  had,  any  time  this  ten  years  full 
Dodg'd  with  him,  betwixt  Cambridge  and  the  Bull. 
And  surely  death  could  never  have  prevail' d 
Had  not  his  weekly  course  of  carriage  fail'd ; 
But  lately  finding  him  so  long  at  home, 
And  thinking  now  his  journey's  end  was  come, 
And  that  he  had  ta'en  up  his  latest  inn ; 
In  the  kind  office  of  a  chamberlain 
Show'd  him  his  room  where  he  must  lodge  that  night, 
Pull'd  off  his  boots,  and  took  away  the  light : 
If  any  ask  for  him,  it  shall  he  said, 
'Hobson  has  supp'd,  and's  newly  gone  to  bed.'  " 


Another  on  old  Hob  son  (by  John  Milton) : — 

"Hebe  lieth  one,  who  did  most  truly  prove, 
That  he  could  never  die  while  he  could  move  ; 
So  hung  his  destiny,  never  to  rot 
While  he  might  still  jog  on  and  keep  his  trot, 
Made  of  sphere-metal,  never  to  decay 
Until  his  revolution  was  at  stay. 
Time  numbers  motion,  yet,  (without  a  crime 
'Gainst  old  truth)  motion  number' d  out  his  time  : 
And  like  an  engine  moved  with  wheel  and  weight, 
His  principles  being  ceas'd  he  ended  straight. 
Eest,  that  gives  all  men  life,  gave  him  his  death, 
And  too  much  breathing  put  him  out  of  breath ; 
Nor  were  it  contradiction  to  affirm, 
Too  long  vacation  hastened  on  his  term. 
Merely  to  drive  the  time  away  he  sicken' d, 
Tainted  and  died,  nor  would  with  ale  be  quicken' d  ; 
Nay,  quoth  he,  on  his  swooning  bed  outstretch'd, 
'  If  I  may'nt  carry,  sure  I'll  ne'er  be  fetch'd, 
But  vow,  though  the  cross  doctors  all  stood  hearers, 
Eor  one  carrier  put  down  to  make  six  bearers." 
Ease  was  his  chief  disease ;  and  to  judge  right, 


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He  died  for  heaviness  that  his  cart  went  light ; 

His  leisure  told  him,  that  his  time  was  come, 

And  lack  of  load  made  his  life  burdensome, 

That  even  to  his  last  breath,  'there  be  that  say*t) 

As  he  was  pressed  to  death  he  cried  "more  weight " 

But  had  his  doings  lasted  as  they  were, 

He  had  been  an  immortal  carrier. 

Obedient  to  the  moon  he  spent  his  date, 

In  course  reciprocal,  and  had  his  fate 

Link'd  to  the  mutual  flowing  of  the  seas, 

Yet  (strange  to  think  his  wain  was  his  increase  : 

His  letters  are  delivered  all  and  gone, 

Only  remains  this  superscription." 


Monument  to  Geace  Daeli^g,  in  St.  Cuthbert's  Chapel, 
on  Fern  Island. — A  monument,  by  Mr.  Davies,  the  sculp- 
tor, of  Newcastle,  has  been  placed  to  Geace?s  memory; 
it  consists  of  a  cippus  of  stone,  6  feet  in  height,  sculp- 
tured with  the  Cross  of  St.  Cuthbert,  and  bearing  the 
following  inscription : — 

"  To  the  memoiy  of 

Geace  Hoesley  Daelixg, 

a  native  of  Bamburgh, 

and  an  Inhabitant 

of  these  Islands  : 

\Yho  died  Oct.  20th,  A.  D.  1842, 

Aged  26  years. 


Pious  and  pure,  modest,  and  yet  so  brave, 
Though  voung  so  wise,  though  meek  so  resolute. 


Oh !  that  winds  and  waves  could  speak 

Of  things  which  their  united  power  called  forth 

From  the  pure  depths  of  her  humanity  ! 

A  maiden  gentle,  yet,  at  duty's  call, 

Firm  and  unflinching  as  the  lighthouse  reared 

On  the  island-rock,  her  lonely  dwelling  place  ; 

Or  like  the  invincible  rock  itself  that  braves, 

Age  after  age,  the  hostile  elements, 

As  when  it  guarded  holy  Cuthbert's  cell. 


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All  night  the  storm  had  raged,  nor  ceased  nor  paused, 
When,  as  day  broke,  the  maid,  through  musty  air, 
Espies  far  off  a  wreck,  amid  the  surf, 
Beating  on  one  of  those  disastrous  isles. 
Half  of  a  vessel,  half — no  more ;  the  rest 
Had  vanished  !  " —  Wm.  Wordsworth. 


Another  monument  has  been  raised  to  Grace  Darling, 
in  the  churchyard  of  Bamborough,  on  the  coast  of  Nor- 
thumberland, where  her  remains  lie.  The  monument 
is  an  altar -tomb,  upon  which  is  the  recumbent  figure  of 
Grace  Darling,  sculptured  in  fine  Portland  stone,  and 
surmounted  by  a  Gothic  eanopy,  with  six  side  and  two 
end  arches.  The  figure  is  represented  lying  on  a  plaited 
straw  mattress,  bearing  an  oar,  such  as  is  peculiar  to  the 
Northumberland  coast ;  and  beneath  the  folds  of  the 
mattress,  at  the  head,  is  introduced  a  kind  of  sea  weed, 
which  is  very  abundant  in  the  district." 


Inscription  on  the  tomb  of  Sir  "William  De  Tracy, 
one  of  the  murderers  of  Becket.  The  little  village  of 
Morte,  is  associated  with  the  history  of  Sir  William  De 
Tracy,  one  of  the  knights  who  murdered  Thomas  a 
Becket.  The  old  weather-beaten  church  of  grey  stone, 
that  rears  its  tower  on  a  little  hill,  the  most  conspicuous 
object  far  or  near,  was  built  by  him  as  a  supposed  expi- 
ation for  his  crime,  and  within  an  aisle  of  this  church 
his  tomb  still  stands.  Its  antiquity  is  very  evident. 
The  black  marble  cover  bears  the  rude  effigy  of  the 
repentant  knight,  but  clothed  in  the  full  canonical  robes 
of  that  priesthood  which  he  is  said  to  have  assumed  in 
his  retirement.  An  inscription  in  old  Norman  charac- 
ters records  the  name  and  prayer  of  the  dead  : — 

"  Syre  Willi ame  de  Trace Dieu  de  sa 

alme  eyt  Mercy." 

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In  St.  Peter's  chapel,  Quarenden,  Bucks.,  on  a  mon- 
ument to  Sir  Anthony  Lee  (who  died  about  1550),  is 
this  inscription  : — 

"  Anthony  Lee,  a  knight  of  worthy  name, 
Sire  to  Sir  Henry  Lee,  of  noble  fame, 
Son  to  Sir  llobert  Lee,  here  buried  lies, 
"Whereas  his  fame  and  memory  never  dies. 
Greate  is  the  fountain  whence  himself  did  roam 
But  greater  is  the  greatness  of  his  son  ; 
His  body  here,  his  soul  in  heaven  doth  reste, 
What  scornde  the  earthe  cannot  with  earthe  be  prest." 


William  Stevens,  Esq.  was  buried  in  Otham  church- 
yard, in  Kent,  where  the  following  inscription  is  placed 
upon  a  marble  tablet  in  the  church  (written  by  a 
friend) : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

William  Stevens, 

Late  of  Broad- Street,  in  the  city  of  London,  Hosier, 

And  many  years  Treasurer  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty ; 

Whose  remains,  by  his  own  desire,  were  deposited 

Near  this  church,  which  he  delighted  to  frequent  as  the 

Place  of  his  devotion,  and  which  he  repaired  and 

Adorned  by  his  munificence. 

Educated,  and  daring  his  whole  life  engaged  in  trade, 

He  jret  found  means  to  enrich  his  mind 

With  English,  French,  Latin,  Greek,  and  especially 

Hebrew  Literature ; 

And  connected  by  blood  and  affection 

With  many  of  the  most  distinguished  Divines  of  his  age, 

He  was  inferior  to  none 

In  profound  knowledge  and  steady  practice 

Of  the  doctrines  and  discipline  of  the  Church  of  England : 

Austere  to  himself  alone, 

Charitable  and  indulgent  towards  others, 

He  attracted  the  young  by  the  cheerfulness  of  his  temper, 

The  old  by  the  sanctity  of  his  life  : 
and  tempering  instructive  admonition  with  inoffensive  wit, 

Uniting  feivent  piety  towards  God, 
With  unbounded  good-Avill  and  well  regulated  beneficence 


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towards  men, 

And  illustrating  his  Christian  profession  by  his  own 

consistent  example, 

He  became  the  blessed  means,  bv  divine  grace, 

Of  winning  many  to  the  ways  of  righteousness. 

He  finished  his  probation,  and  entered  into  his  rest, 

On  the  7th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1807, 

In  the  75th  year  of  his  age." 

Baron  Park's  Memoirs  of  Stevens. 


On  visiting,  a  short  time  since,  the  interesting  church 
of  Ightham,  near  Sevenoaks,  my  attention  was  caught 
by  a  mural  monument  containing  the  bust  of  a  lady, 
who  was  traditionally  reported  to  have  written  the 
letter  which  proved  the  cause  of  discovering  the  Gun- 
powder Plot.  Behind  the  monument  was  some  of  her 
needlework  suspended.  The  following  was  the  epi- 
taph : — 

"  D.  D.  D.  To  the  pretious  name  and  honor  of  Dame 
Dorothy  Seley,  the  Relict  of  Sir  William  Selby,  Kt., 
the  only  daughter  and  heire  of  Charles  Bonkam,  Esq. 

"  She  was  a  Dorcas 
"Whose  curious  needle  wound  the  abused  stage 
Of  this  leud  world  into  the  golden  age, 
Whose  pen  of  steel  and  silken  inck  enroll' d 
The  acts  of  Jonah  in  records  of  gold. 
Whose  arte  disclosed  that  plot,  which,  had  it  taken, 
Rome  had  tryumph'd,  and  Britain's  walls  had  shaken. 

She  was 
In  heart  a  Lydia,  and  in  tongue  a  Hanna, 
In  zeale  a  Ruth,  in  wedlock  a  Susanna. 
Prudently  simple,  providently  wary, 
To  the  world  a  Martha,  and  to  heaven  a  Mary. 

Who  put  on    |    in  the  year     )    Pilgrimage,  69. 
immortality    j        of  her        )    Redeemer,  1641. 

Notes  Sr  Queries. 


On  James  Bruce,  Esq.,  the  celebrated  African  travel- 
ler, in  the  churchyard  of  Larbert : — 


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:  In  this  tomb  are  deposited  the  remains  of 

James  Bruce,  Esq.,  of  Kinnaird, 

who  died  on  the  27th  of  April,  1794, 

In  the  64th  year  of  his  age. 

His  life  was  spent  in  performing- 
useful  and  splendid  actions ; 
He  explored  many  distant  regions, 
He  discovered  the  fountains  of  the  Kile, 
He  traversed  the  deserts  of  Nubia. 
He  was  an  affectionate  husband, 

An  indulgent  parent, 
An  ardent  lover  of  his  country. 

By  the  unanimous  voice  of  mankind, 

His  name  is  enrolled  with  those 

"Who  were  conspicuous 

For  genius,  for  valour,  and  for  virtue." 


In  Rushden  church,  Northamptonshire,  on  Sir  Goddaed 
Pembeeton",  Knt.,  who  died  Angust,  1616  : — 

"  When  all  is  done,  it  only  is  the  pen 
Can  tell  the  world  the  good  or  ill  of  men ; 
Stone,  wood,  or  brass,  whereon  the  naught  is  writt 
Is  soone  as  silent  as  those  under  it ; 
And  for  tradition  let  the  world  not  trust, 
Or  to  the  living  that  we  see  unjust ; 
Then  for  thy  reverence  to  his  generous  race, 
The  Knight  which  here  lies  buried  in  this  place  ; 
Hurt  not  this  tomb,  raze  not  when  thou  hast  read, 
Oh !  in  thy  mercye  do  not  wrong  the  dead." 


On  Viscountess  Palmeeston.  At  Nuneham  Courtney, 
in  Oxfordshire,  on  an  altar,  encircled  with  cypresses, 
which  stands  within  a  recess  in  the  shrubbery  that  sur- 
rounds the  garden,  is  placed  the  Uen.  The  bank  that 
rises  behind  is  planted  with  flowers,  and  a  weeping 
willow,  large  Weymouth  pines,  and  other  evergreens, 
form  the  back  ground.  The  following  inscription  from 
the  pen  of  William  Whitehead,  Poet  Laureate,  is  on  the 
Altar:  — 


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"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Frances  Poole, 
Yiscountess  Palrnerston. 

Here  shall  our  lingering  footsteps  oft  be  found, 

This  is  her  shrine,  and  consecrates  the  ground. 

Here  living  sweets  around  her  altar  rise 

And  breathe  perpetual  incense  to  the  skies. 

Here  too,  the  thoughtless,  and  the  young  may  tread 

Who  shun  the  drearier  mansions  of  the  dead  : 

May  here  be  taught  what  worth  the  world  has  known, 

Her  wit,  her  sense,  her  virtues  were  her  own ; 

To  her  peculiar and  for  ever  lost 

To  those  who  knew,  and  therefore  lov'd  her  most. 
Oh  !  if  kind  pity  steal  on  virtue's  eye, 
Check  not  the  tear,  nor  stop  the  useful  sigh  ; 
From  soft  humanity's  ingenuous  flame, 
A  wish  may  rise  to  emulate  her  fame, 
And  some  faint  image  of  her  worth  restore, 
When  those  who  now  lament  her  are  no  more. 

George  Simon  Harcourt,  and  the  Honourable 
Elizabeth  Vernon,  Viscount  and  Viscountess  Newnham, 
erected  this  urn  in  the  year  1771." 


In  Berkeley  churchyard,  Gloucestershire  :— 

"  Here  resteth  the  Body  of  Thomas  Peirce,  who  was 
five  times  Mayor  of  this  Towne,  who  deceased  the  25th 
of  Feb.,  1665.     vEtatis  77. 

Here  lyeth  Thomas  Peirce,  whom  no  man  taught, 
Yet  he  in  Iron,  Brasse,  and  Silver  wrought. 
He  Jacks,  and  Clocks,  and  Watches  (with  art)  made, 
And  mended  too  when  others'  worke  did  fade. 
Of  Berkeley  five  times  Mayor  this  artist  was, 
And  yet  this  Mayor,  this  Artist  was  but  grasse. 
When  his  own  watch  was  Downe  on  the  last  day, 
He  that  made  watches,  had  not  made  a  Key 
To  wind  it  up,  but  useless  it  must  lie, 
Until  he  Rise  again  no  more  to  die." 


Some  years  since,  a  Mr.  Dickson,  who  was  Provost 
of  Dundee,  in  Scotland,   died,  and  by  will  left  the  sum 


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of  one  guinea  to  a  person  to  compose  an  epitaph  upon 
him,  which  sum  he  directed  his  three  executors  to  pay. 
The  executors,  thinking  to  defraud  the  poet,  agreed  to 
meet  and  share  the  guinea  among  them,  each  contri- 
buting a  line  to  the  epitaph,  which  ran  as  follows : — 

(First)         "  Here  lies  Dicksox — Provost  of  Dundee, 
(Second)        Here  lies  Dicksox — Here  lies  he, 

(The  third  was  put  to  it  for  a  long  time,  but  unwilling 
to  lose  his  share  of  the  guinea,  vociferously  bawled  out) 
Hallelujah— hallelujah." 


In  Dundee  churchyard  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Jbnx  Watson, 
Read  not  this  with  your  hats  on, 
For  why  r  He  was  the  Provost  of  Dundee, 
Hallelujah,  hailelu^." 


In  All  Saints'  church,  Leicester.  On  a  wooden  tablet 
in  this  church,  is  an  inscription  to  the  memory  of 
"William  Nobice,    stating  that  he  is — 

"  Dead  and  gone, 

Whose  grave  from  all  the  rest  is  known 
By  finding  out  the  greatest  stone." 

This  stone  is  a  large  rough  pebble ;  and  Vii.  Xoerice 
appears  to  have  been  twice  mayor  of  Leicester,  and 
"  gave  twice  fifteen  groats  yearly  to  All  Saints'  poor :" 
also  "five  marks  yearly  to  the  master  of  the  free  school." 
He  had  three  wives,  and  died  1615,  aged  over  90  years. 

Cook's  Topography. 


At  North .  Ferryby,  Yorkshire,  the  following  very 
instructive  lines  are  inscribed  on  a  handsome  tablet,  to 
the  memory  of  Sir  T.  Ethbixgtox,  an  alderman  of 
Hull,  and  late  a  resident  at  the  above  place  : — 


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REMARKABLE  PERSONS. 


"  Taught  of  God  we  should  view  losses,  sickness, 
pain,  and  death,  but  as  the  several  trying  stages  by 
which  a  good  man,  like  Joseph,  is  conducted  from  a 
tent  to  a  court ;  sin  his  disease,  Christ  his  physician, 
pain  his  medicine,  the  Bible  his  support,  the  grave  his 
rest,  and  death  itself  an  angel  expressly  sent  to  relieve 
the  worn-out  labourer,  or  crown  the  faithful  soldier." 


In    Framlingham    churchyard,     Suffolk.       Edmund 
"Webster,  died  June  8th,  1834,  aged  79. 

1 '  In  the  year  seventeen  hundred  and  eighty  four, 

To  chime  here  he  did  begin, 
And  constant  with  rising  companies 

He  many  years  was  seen. 
His  last  peal  for  a  wedding  was, 

Which  he  performed  with  glee, 
So  the  years  he  was  a  chimer, 

Above  you  may  plainly  see." 


In   Worlingworth   churchyard.      John    Jessop   died 
June    19th,  1825,  aged  80  years:— 

"  To  ringing  from  his  youth  he  always  took  delight, 
Now  his  bell  has  rung,  and  his  soul  has  ta'en  its  flight, 
We  hope  to  join  the  choir  of  heavenly  singing, 
That  far  excels  the  harmony  of  ringing." 


In  the  village  churchyard  at  Leeds,  in  Kent : — 

"  In  memory  of  James  Barham,  of  this  parish,  who 
departed  this  life  January  14,  1818,  aged  93  ;  and  who 
from  the  year  1774  to  the  year  1804,  rung  in  Kent,  and 
elsewhere,  112  peals,  not  less  than  5040  changes  in  each 
peal,  and  called  bobs,  &c,  for  most  of  the  peals ;  and 
April  7th  and  8th,  1761,  assisted  in  ringing  40,320  bob- 
majors  on  Leeds  bells,  in  twenty- seven  hours. 

Notes  and  Queries,  March,  1855. 


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On  Powell,   the  -famous  pedestrian  : — 

"For  quick  ideas  some  we  praise, 
And  men  of  talents  meet ! 
But  this  man's  fame,  and  fame  it  was, 
Lay  wholly  in  his  feet. 

Such  feet  were  never  known  before, 

Witness  the  wondrous  work 
Which  thousands  long  remember  still 

Of  travelling  to  York. 

But  now,  alas  !  our  Traveler's  gone 

To  that  mysterious  bourn, 
From-  which,  the  immortal  Shakspeare  says, 

1  No  traveler's  e'er  return.'  " 


Francis  Chaetees  was  a  man  infamous  for  all  manner 
of  vices.  When  he  was  ensign  in  the  army,  he  was 
drummed  out  of  the  regiment  for  a  cheat ;  he  was  next 
banished  Brussels,  and  drummed  out  of  Ghent  on  the 
same  account.  After  a  hundred  tricks  at  the  gaming- 
tables, he  took  to  lending  of  money  at  exorbitant  inte- 
rest, and  on  great  penalties,  accumulating  premium, 
interest,  and  capital  into  a  new  capital,  and  seizing  to 
a  minute  when  the  payments  became  due.  In  a  word, 
by  a  constant  attention  to  the  vices,  wants,  and  follies 
of  mankind,  he  acquired  an  immense  fortune.  His 
house  was  a  perpetual  bawdy  house.  He  was  twice 
condemned  for  rapes,  and  pardoned ;  but  the  last  time 
not  without  imprisonment  in  Newgate,  and  large  con- 
fiscations. He  died  in  Scotland  in  1731,  aged  62. 
The  populace,  at  his  funeral,  raised  a  great  riot,  almost 
tore  the  body  out  of  the  coffin,  and  cast  dead  dogs,  &c. 
into  the  grave  along  with  it.  He  was  worth  £7000  a 
year  estate  in  land,  and  about  £100,000  in  money.  This 
epitaph  contains  his  character,  very  justly  drawn  by 
Dr.  Arbuthnot : — 

"  Heee  continueth  to  rot 

The  body  of  Feancis  Chaetees  ; 

Who  with  an  Inflexible   Constancy, 

And  Inimitable    Uniformity   of  Life, 


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REMARKABLE  PERSONS, 


Persisted 

In  spite  of  Age  and  Infirmities, 

In  the  practice  of  Every  Human  Vice, 

Excepting  Prodigality  and  Hypocrisy  ; 

His  insatiable  Avarice  exempted  him  from  the  first, 

-    His  matchless  Impudence  from  the  second. 

Nor  was  he  more  singular 

In  the  nndeviating  Pravity  of  his  Manners 

Than  successful 

In  accumulating  Wealth  ; 

For,  without  Trade  or  Profession, 

Without  Trust  of  Public  Money, 

And  without  Brihe-worthy  Service, 

He  acquired,  or  more  properly  created 

A  Ministerial  Estate. 

He  was  the  only  person  of  his  time 

Who  could  cheat  without  the  mask  of  Honesty, 

Retain  his  primeval  Meanness 

When  possessed  of  Ten  Thousand  a  year ; 

And  having  daily  deserved  the  Gibbet  for  what  he  did, 

Was  at  last  condemned  to  it  for  what  he  could  not  do. 

0  Indignant  Reader  ! 

Think  not  his  life  useless  to  mankind : 

Providence  connived  at  his  execrable  designs, 

To  give  to  after  ages 

A  conspicuous  Proof  and  Example, 

Of  how  small  estimation  is  Exorbitant  Wealth 

In  the  sight  of  God, 

By  his  bestowing  it  on  the  most  unworthy  of  all 

Mortals." 


On  Lord  Contngsby,  by  Pope.  (  This  was  originally 
written  on  Picus  Mirandula,  is  applied  to  Francis 
Chartres,  and  printed  among  the  works  of  Swift.) 

"Here  lies  Lord  Coningsby — be  civil: 
The  rest  God  knows — so  does  the  devil." 


In  the  chancel  of  the  church  of  All  Saints,  at  Maldon, 
in  Essex,  is  a  stone  of  white  marble,  on  which  is  a  Latin 
epitaph  to  this  effect : — 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  The  deposit  of  John  Vernon,  Gent.  Turkey  mer- 
chant, who  hath  often  crossed  the  seas,  tempted  thereto 
not  so  much  by  the  love  of  gain,  as  an  ardent  desire  of 
beholding  the  wonderful  works  of  God  in  the  deep.  He 
boasts  of  this  sepulchral  stone,  as  not  the  least  reward 
of  all  his  labours,  it  being  discovered  among  the  ruins 
of  Smyrna  :  he  also  brought  to  light  some  choice  ancient 
manuscripts,  monuments  of  that  ancient  city;  with 
these  he  enriched  his  native  country.  He  is  now  safely 
arrived  at  the  haven  of  rest.  He  died  January  28, 
1653,  aged  84."— Mirror,  1833. 


In  Westminster  Abbey  is  a  medallion  profile  of  Jonas 
Hanway  ;  on  each  side,  flags — one  inscribed  "  Charity 
and  Policy  united."  Bas-relief — Britannia  relieving 
distressed  youths.  Arms,  with  motto  "  Never  despair." 
It  bears  this  inscription : — 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Jonas  Hanway  ; 

Who  departed  this  life  Sep.  5,  1786,  aged  74, 

whose  name  now  liveth  and  will  ever  live, 

Whilst  active  Piety  shall  distinguish 

the  Christian  : 

Integrity  and  truth  shall  recommend 

the  British  Merchant ; 

and  universal  kindness  shall  characterise 

the  Citizen  of  the  World. 

The  helpless  infant  nurtured  thro'  his  care, 

The  friendless  Prostitute  sheltered  and  reformed, 

The  hopeless  youth  rescued  from  Misery  and  Buin, 

and  trained  to  serve  and  defend  his  country, 

Uniting  in  one  common  strain  of  Gratitude, 

Bear   Testimony   to   their   Benefactor's   Virtues. 

1  This  was  the  Friend  and  Father  of  the  Poor.'  "  * 


*  In  "  Remarkable  Occurrences  in  the  Life  of  Jonas  Hanway,"  by  John 
Pugh  (Lond.  1787),  it  is  stated  that  "he  was  the  first  man  who  ventured  to 
walk  the  streets  of  London  with  an  umbrella  over  his  head.  After  carrying 
one  nearly  thirty  years,  he  saw  them  come  into  general  use." 


442 


REMARKABLE  PERSONS, 


There  is  a  plain  tablet  in  "Westminster  Abbey,  to 
Ann  Eilding,  ■with  an  inscription  in  Hebrew,  Ethic- 
pic,  and  English.  The  Hebrew  inscription  is  thus 
translated  : — 

"  0  thou  fairest  among  women  !  0  yirtuous  woman  ! 
the  hand  of  the  Lord  hath  done  this. 

1  The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away,  and 
blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord,'  " 

The  Ethiopic  is  thus  translated  :  — 

"Come  let  us  lament  o'er  this  monument  of  a  beloved 
husband  for  thee,  but  in  certain  hope  that  thou  art 
united  with  Christ. 

This  Lady  was  truly  religious,  virtuous,  faithful,  and 
mild  as  a  dove,  and  chaste  ;  while  she  continued  in  life 
she  was  honoured ;  and  is  happy  through  mercy  in 
death." 

Underneath  : — 

"  Ann,  daughter  of  George  Eilding,  Esq.,  and  of 
Mary  his  wife,  the  truly  loving  (and  as  truly  beloved) 
wife  of  Samuel  Moeland,  Kt.  and  Bart.,  died  Eeb.  20. 
Anno  Dn.  1679,  ^Etatis  XIX." 


On  Mrs.  Eeskine,  wife  of  "William  Erskine,  Esq., 
(afterwards  Lord  Kinedder)  who  died  September,  1819, 
and  was  buried  at  Saline,  in  the  county  of  Eife,  in 
Scotland,  where  these  lines  are  inscribed  on  the  tomb- 
stone (by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  Bart.)  : — 

"  Plain,  as  her  native  dignity  of  mind, 
Arise  the  tomb  of  her  we  have  resigned ; 
TJnnaw'd  and  stainless  be  the  marble  scroll, 
Emblem  of  lovely  form  and  candid  soul. 
But  oh !  what  symbol  may  avail,  to  tell 
The  kindness,  wit,  and  sense,  we  loved  so  well ! 
"What  sculpture  show  the  broken  ties  of  life, 
Here  buried  with  the  parent,  friend  and  wife  ! 
Or  on  the  tablet  stamp  each  title  dear, 
By  which  thine  urn,  Euphemia,  claims  the  tear ! 
Yet  taught,  by  thy  meek  sufferance,  to  assume 
Patience  in  anguish,  hope  beyond  the  tomb, 


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Kesign'd,  though  sad,  this  votive  verse  shall  flow, 
And  brief,  alas  !    as  thy  brief  span  below  !  " 


The  Duke  of  Alencon  crowned  Henry  VI.  at  Paris  in 
1431,  and  died  there  in  1435,  and  was  buried  in  Eouen 
Cathedral,  where  his  monument  is  still  to  be  seen. 
When  Charles  VIII.  visited  this  tomb,  some  noblemen 
who  accompanied  him,  solicited  him  to  give  orders  for 
the  destruction  of  the  monument  of  the  ancient  foe  of 
France,  but  the  monarch  answered  with  a  better  spirit, 
"  Let  him  rest  in  peace,  now  he  is  dead  ;  it  was  when 
he  was  alive,  and  in  the  field,  that  France  dreaded  him." 


On  John  St.  John  Long  : — 

"  It  is  the  fate  of  most  men 

to  have  many  enemies  and  few  friends. — 

This  monumental  pile 

is  not  intended  to  mark  the  career, 

but  to  shew 

how  much  its  inhabitant  was  respected 

by  those  who  knew  his  worth, 

and  the  benefits 

derived  from  his  remedial  discovery  : 

he  is  now  at  rest 

and  far  beyond  the  praises  or  censures 

of  this  world. 

Stranger  !  As  you  respect  the  receptacle  for  the  dead 

(as  one  of  the  many  that  will  rest  here) 

Read  the  name  of 

John  St.  John  Long, 

without  comment. 

Died  July  2nd,  1834, 

Aged  37  years." 


On   the  well-known   Beau    Nash,    in   Bath  Abbey 
church,  said  to  have  been  written  by  Dr.  Harington : — 


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REMARKABLE  PERSONS. 


"  Adeste  0  Cives,  adeste  Lugentes! 

Hie  silent  Leges 

Ricardi  Nash,  Arinig. 

Nihil  amplius  imperantis; 

Qui  diu  et  utilissime 

Assumptus  Bathoniae 

Elegantiae  Arbiter, 

Eheu! 

Morti,  (ultimo  designatori) 

Haud  indecore  succubuit, 

Ann.  Dora.  MDCCLXI.  iEtat  suae  LXXXVII. 

Beatus  ille  qui  sibi  imperiosus ! 

If  social  virtues  make  remembrance  dear, 
Or  manners  pure  on  decent  rule  depend  ; 

To  Sis  remains  consign  one  grateful  tear, 

Of  Youth  the  Guardian,  and  of  all  the  Friend. 

Now  sleeps  Dominion ;  here  no  Bounty  flows  ; 

Nor  more  avails  the  festive  scene  to  grace, 
Beneath  that  Hand  which  no  discernment  shews 

Untaught  to  honour,  or  distinguish  place." 


Robert  Sandeman,  from  whom  the  religious  sect  of 
the  Sandemanians  takes  its  name,  died  in  America,  a.d. 
1772,  aged  59,  and  was  buried  at  Danbury,  in  New 
England,  with  the  following  inscription  on  his  tomb : — 

"Here  lies  until  the  resurrection,  the  body  of  Robert 
Saistdeman,  who,  in  the  face  of  continual  opposition  from 
all  sorts  of  men,  long  and  boldly  contended  for  the 
ancient  faith,  that  the  bare  death  of  Jesus  Christ,  with- 
out a  deed  or  thought  on  the  part  of  man,  is  sufficient 
to  present  the  chief  of  sinners  spotless  before  God." 


On  Peter  the  Great,  czar  of  Russia,   who  died  in 
1725,  aged  53  :— 

"  Here  under  deposited  lies  all  that  could  die  of  a 
man  immortal,  Peter  Alexowitz  ;  it  is  almost  super- 


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EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


fluous  to  say,  Great  Emperor  of  Russia :  a  title,  which, 
instead  of  adding  to  his  glory,  became  glorious  by  his 
wearing  it,  let  antiquity  be  dumb,  nor  boast  her  Alex- 
ander, or  her  Caesar.  How  easy  was  victory  to  leaders 
who  were  followed  by  heroes  !  and  whose  soldiers  felt  a 
noble  disdain  to  be  thought  less  awake  than  their  gene- 
rals !  But  he  !  who  in  this  place  knew  rest,  found 
subjects  base  and  unactive,  unwarlike,  unlearned, 
untractable;  neither  covetous  of  fame,  nor  liberal  of 
danger ;  creatures  with  the  name  of  men,  but  with 
qualities  rather  brutal  than  rational :  yet  even  these 
he  polished  from  their  native  ruggedness  ;  and  breaking 
out  like  a  new  sun,  to  illuminate  the  minds  of  a  people, 
dispelled  their  night  of  hereditary  darkness !  till  by  force 
of  his  invincible  influence,  he  had  taught  them  to  conquer 
even  the  conquerors  of  Germany.  Other  princes  have 
commanded  victorious  armies,  this  commander  created 
them.  Blush,  0  art !  at  a  hero  who  owed  thee  nothing ! 
Exult,  0  nature  !  for  thine  was  this  prodigy." 


The  tomb  of  the  late  Emperor  Nicholas,  faces  that 
of  Peter  the  Great.  Mentioning  this  fact,  the  Journal 
de  St.  Petersburgh  exclaims — "  Symbolical  situation, 
awakening  a  world  of  thought !  On  one  side  the  tomb 
of  him  who  dispelled  the  darkness  of  ancient  Russia  ; 
on  the  other,  the  tomb  of  the  great  sovereign  who  raised 
it  to  the  apogee  of  glory  and  prosperity." 


In  St.  Mary's  church,  at  "Westerham,  in  Kent,  is  a 
fine  cenotaph  to  the  memory  of  General  Wolfe,  (see 
page  33)  bearing  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  "While  George  in  sorrow  bows  his  laurel' d  head, 
And  bids  the  artist  grace  the  soldier  dead, 
"We  raise  no  sculp tur'd  trophy  to  thy  name, 
Brave  youth  !  the  fairest  in  the  lists  of  fame. 


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J    REMARKABLE  PERSONS. 


Proud  of  thy  birth,  we  boast  the  auspicious  year ; 
Struck  with  thy  fall,  we  shed  the  general  tear  : 
"With  humble  grief  inscribe  one  artless  stone, 
And  from  thy  matchless  honour  date  our  own." 

Inscribed  on  a  monument  in  Westminster  Abbey  : — 

"  To  the  Memory  of  James  Wolfe,  Major  General 
and  Commander-in-chief  of  the  British  land  forces,  on 
an  expedition  against  Quebec ;  who  after  surmounting 
by  ability  and  valour,  all  obstacles  of  art  and  nature, 
was  slain  in  the  moment  of  victory,  on  the  14th  of  Sep. 
1759.  The  King  and  Parliament  of  Great  Britain 
dedicate  this  Monument." 


In  South-hill  church,  Bedfordshire ;  on  Admiral  Byng, 
who  was  shot  at  Portsmouth  : — 

"  To  the  perpetual  disgrace  of  public  justice, 
The  Honourable  John  Byng,  Vice  Admiral  of  the 
Blue,  fell  a  martyr  to  political  persecution,  March  1 4,  in 
the  year  1757  ;  when  bravery  and  loyalty  were  insuffi- 
cient securities  for  the  life  and  honour  of  a  naval 
officer." 


On  Colonel  James  Gaedinee,  a  man  distinguished  for 
his  piety  and  bravery,  who  fell  at  the  battle  of  Preston 
Pans,  1745,  within  sight  of  his  own  house  : — 

"While  fainter  merit  asks  the  powers  of  verse, 
One  faithful  line  shall  Gaedinee' s  worth  rehearse  : 
The  bleeding  hero,  and  the  martyr'd  saint, 
Transcends  the  poet's  praise,  the  herald's  paint : 
His  the  best  path  to  fame  that  e'er  was  trod  ! 
And  surely  his  the  noblest  road  to  God  !  " 


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TRADESMEN. 


In  Dunniore  churchyard,  Ireland  : — 

"Here  lie  the  remains  of  John  Hall,  Grocer.  The 
world  is  not  worth  a  fig,  and  I  have  good  raisins  for 
saying  so." 


On  Peter  Gedge,  printer,  who  started  the  first  news- 
paper at  Bury  St.  Edmund's,  and  died  in  1818  : — 

"  Like  a  worn  out  type, 

He  is  returned  to  the  Pounder, 

In  hopes  of  being  re-cast  in  a  better 

and  more  perfect  mould." 


On  a  stay-maker : — 

"  Alive,  unnumber'd  stays  he  made, 
(He  work'd  industrious  night  and  day) 
E'en  dead  he  now  pursues  his  trade, 
Por  here  his  bones  will  make  a  staxj" 


On  an  innkeeper,  at  Exon  : — 

"  Life's  an  Inn,  my  house  will  show  it, 
I  thought  so  once — but  now  I  know  it. 
Man's  life  is  but  a  winter's  day, 
Some  only  breakfast  and  away  : 

448 


TRADESMEN. 


Others  to  dinner  stay,  and  are  full  fed, 
The  oldest  man  but  sups,  and  then  to  bed. 
Large  is  his  debt  who  lingers  out  the  day, 
He  who  goes  soonest  has  the  least  to  pay. 


In  St.  Paul's  churchyard,  London  : — 

Alexander  Hogg,  bookseller,  died  July,  1809,  aged  57. 

A  husband,  father,  friend,  all  three  in  one, 
Kay,  what  is  more,  an  honest  man  is  gone  ; 
Not  gone  for  ever,  only  gone  before, 
For  every  Honest  man  to  Heaven  shall  soar ; 
That  his  reward  above,  below  his  praise, — 
Hence,  reader,  then,  and  imitate  his  ways." 


Inscription  on  a  stone  in  St.  Margaret's  churchyard, 
at  Lynn,  in  Norfolk,  to  the  memory  of  William  Scniv- 
enoe,  cook  to  the  corporation,  who  died  in  1684  : — 

"  Alas  !  alas!  Will  Scrivenoe's  dead,   who  by  his  art 
Could  make  death's  skeleton  edible  in  every  part. 
Mourn,  squeamish  stomachs,  and  ye  curious  palates, 
You've  lost  your  dainty  dishes,  and  your  salades ; 
Mourn  for  yourselves,  but  not  for  him  i'th'  least, 
He's  gone  to  taste  of  a  more  heavenly  feast." 


In  Awlincombe  churchyard,  Devonshire  : — 

"  Here  lie  the  remains  of  James  Pady,  brichnaker, 
late  of  this  parish,  in  hopes  that  his  clay  will  be  re- 
moulded in  a  workman  like  manner,  far  superior  to  his 
former  perishable  materials. 

Keep  death  and  judgment  always  in  your  eye 
Or  else  the  devil  off  with  you  will  fly, 
And  in  his  kiln  with  brimstone  ever  fry,  ; 
If  you  neglect  the  narrow  road  to  seek, 
Christ  will  reject  you  like  a  half -burnt  brick.1 


449 


EPITAPHS.  ETC. 


In  St.  James's  churchyard,  Bury  St.  Edmunds: — 

"  A  Tribute  of  Eespect 

Kaised  by  the  Traders  attending  Bury  Fair, 

In  Memory 

of  one  of  their  number, 

Mr.  Augestus  Stexsox, 

of  Sandyacre,  in  Derbyshire, 

who,  after  a  very  short  illness,  left  this 

for  a  better  World/ on  Friday,  Oct.  24,  1817, 

aged  36. 

'An  Honest  Man's  the  noblest  work  of  God.' 

If  honour  can  ennoble  Man's  vain  life, 

If  Charity  and  truth  can  lend  a  charm, 

If  reconciling  enmity  and  strife 

Can  check  in  Death's  dark  hour  each  wild  alarm, 

Then  Stexsox  died  in  peace  !  for  his  were  those 
And  every  action  token  of  them  gave  ! 
Stranger  !  one  sigh  will  add  to  his  repose, 
For  'twill  be  breath' d  upon  a  Stranger's  grave." 


On  a  tombstone  in  Lidford  churchyard,  Devonshire: — 

"  Here  lies,  in  Horizontal  position, 

The  outside  case  of 
George  Roeteeigh,  Watchmaker, 

"Whose  abilities  in  that  line  were  an  honour 

To  his  profession : 

Integrity  was  the  main-spring, 

and  Prudence  the  Regulator 

Of  all  the  actions  of  his  life  : 

Humane,  generous,  and  liberal, 

His  hand  never  stopped 

Till  he  had  relieved  distress ; 

So  nicely  regulated  were  all  his  movements 

That  he  never  went  wrong 

Except  when  set-a-going 

By  People 

Who  did  not  know 

His  Key  : 

Even  then,  he  was  easily 


450 


TRADESMEN. 


Set  right  again  : 
He  had  the  art  of  disposing  his  Time 
So  well, 
That  his  Hours  glided  away 

In  one  continual  round 

Of  Pleasure  and  Delight, 

Till  an  unlucky  Moment  put  a  'period  to 

His  existence; 

He  departed  this  Life 

November  14,  1802, 

Aged  57, 

Wound  up, 

In  hopes  of  being  taken  in  Sand 

By  his  Maker, 

And  of  being 

Thoroughly  cleaned,  repaired,  and  set-a-going 

In  the  World  to  come." 


At  Hampstead,  on  John  Johnson,  "Watchmaker,  who 
Died  27th  June,  1800,  aged  43  years:— 

"For  honest  worth  let  friendship  drop  a  tear, 
Who  knew  him  best,  lament  him  most  sincere; 
In  all  his  actions,    generous,  just,  and  kind, 
His  regulator  was  a  virtuous  mind  ; 
Strict  in  his  morals,  in  his  manners  mild, 
A  better  man,  look  far,  you  will  not  find." 


In  Lavenham  church,  Suffolk.  In  the  north  aisle  of 
this  church  is  a  small  mural  monument,  upon  which 
are  represented  a  man  and  woman,  engraved  on  brass, 
kneeling  before  a  table,  and  three  sons  and  daughters 
behind  them.  From  the  mouth  of  the  man  proceeds  a 
label  on  which  is  a  Latin  sentence,  meaning  this : — 
"  Into  thy  hands  I  commend  my  spirit."  Underneath 
is  this  inscription,  which,  like  that  of  the  label,  is  in 
the  old  English  characters  : — 


451 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Contynuall  prayse  these  lynes  in  brasse, 

Of  Allaine  Dister  here, 
A  clothier,  vertuous  while  he  was 

In  Lavenhain  many  a  year. 

For  as  in  lyefe  he  loved  best 

The  poore  to  clothe  and  feede 
So  with  the  rich  and  all  the  rest 

He  neighbourlie  agreed  ; 

And  did  appoynte  before  he  dyed, 

A  special  yearlie  rent, 
"Which  should  be  every  Whitsontide 

Among  the  poorest  spent. 

Et  obiit  Anno  Dni.  1534. 


On  an  unsuccessful  oculist,   who  became  a  tallow- 
chandler  : — 

"  So  many  of  the  human  kind 
Under  his  hands  became  stone  blind, 
That  for  such  failings  to  atone 
At  length  he  let  the  trade  alone  : 
And  ever  after  in  despite 
Of  darkness,  liv'd  by  giving  light ! 
But  Death  !  who  had  exciseman's  power 
To  enter  houses  every  hour, 
Thinking  his  light  grew  rather  sallow, 
Snuff' d  out  his  wick,  and  seized  his  tallow." 


On  a  baker  : — 

"  Richard  Fuller  lies  buried  here, 
Do  not  withhold  the  crystal  tear, 
For  when  he  liv'd — he  daily  fed 
Woman,  and  child,  and  man,  with  bread. 
But  now,  alas  !  he's  turn'd  to  dust, 
As  thou,  and  I,  and  all  soon  must : 
And  lies  beneath  this  turf  so  green, 
Where  worms  do  daily  feed  on  him." 

452 


TRADESMEN. 


On  a  porter,  who  died  suddenly  under  a  load;- 

"  Pack'd  up  within  these  dark  abodes, 
Lies  one,  in  life  inur'd  to  loads, 
Which  oft  he  carried  'tis  well  known, 
Till  death  pass'd  by — and  threw  him  down- 
When  he  that  carried  loads  before, 
Became  a  load  which  others  bore, 
To  this  his  inn — where  as  they  say, 
They  leave  him  till  another  day." 


On  a  blacksmith  : — 

"  Here  cool  the  ashes  of 

MULCIBER    GEIM, 

late  of  this  parish, 

blacksmith. 

He  was  born  in  Seacoal-l&ne, 

and  bred  at  Hammersmith  ; 

from  his  youth  upwards  he  was  much  addicted  to  vices 

and  was  often  guilty  of  forgery ; 

having  some  talents  for  irony, 

he  thereby  produced  many  heats  in  his  neighbourhood, 

which  he  usually  increased  by  blowing  the  coals, 

this  rendered  him  so  unpopular,  that 

when  he  found  it  necessary  to  adopt  cooling  measures, 

his  conduct  was  generally  accompanied  with  a  hiss. 

Though  he  sometimes  proved  a  warm  friend, 

yet  where  his  interest  was  concerned 

he  made  it  a  constant  rule  to  strike  while  the  iron  was  hot, 

regardless  of  the  injury  he  might  do  thereby  : 

and  when  he  had  any  matter  of  moment  upon  the  anvil 

he  seldom  failed  to  turn  it  to  his  own  advantage. 

Among  numberless  instances  that  might  be  given 

of  the  cruelty  of  his  disposition, 

it  need  only  be  mentioned  that  he  was  the  means 

of  hanging  many  of  the  innocent  family  of  the  Bells, 

under  the  idle  pretence  of  keeping  them  from  jangling  : 

and  put  great  numbers  of  the  Hearts  of  Steel  into 

the  hottest  flames, 

merely  (as  he  declared)  to  soften  the  obduracy 

of  their  tempers. 


453 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


At  length,  after  passing  a  long  life  in  the  commis- 
sion of  these  black  actions, 
his  fire  being  exhausted,  and  his  bellows  worn  out, 
he  filed  off  to  that  place  where  only 
the  fervid  ordeal  of  his  own  forge  can  be  exceeded, 
declaring  with  his  last  puff 
that  '  Man  is  born  to  trouble  as  the  sparks 
fly  upwards.'' 


At  Ockham,  in  Surrey,  to  the  memory  of  John  Spong, 
carpenter,  who  died  1736  : — 

'  Who  many  a  sturdy  oak  hath  laid  along, 
Fell'd  by  Death's  surer  hatchet,  here  lies  Spong. 
Posts  oft  he  made,  yet  ne'er  a  place  could  get, 
And  liv'd  by  railing,  though  he  was  no  wit. 
Old  saws  he  had,  although  no  antiquarian, 
And  styles  corrected,  yet  was  no  grammarian."  &c. 


In  Sheffield  parish  church,   in  memory  of  Richard 
Smith,  who  died  April  6th,  1756,  aged  52  : — 

"  At  thirteen  years  I  went  to  sea 

To  try  my  fortune  there, 
But  lost  my  friend,  which  put  an  end 

To  all  my  interest  there 

Then  to  land  I  came 
As  'twere  by  chance, 
At  twenty  then  I  taught  to  dance, 
But  yet  unsettled  in  my  mind, 
To  something  else  I  was  inclined; 
At  thirty-five  I  laid  dancing  down, 
To  be  a  bookseller  in  this  town, 
"Where  I  continued  without  strife 
Till  death  depriv'd  me  of  my  life ; 
Yain  world,  to  thee  I  bid  farewell, 
To  rest  within  this  silent  cell, 
Till  the  great  God  shall  summons  all 
To  answer  his  majestic  call, 
The  Lord  have  mercy  on  us  all." 


454 


TRADESMEN. 


On  a  celebrated  coalheaver  : — 

"  Cease  to  lament  his  change,  ye  just ; 
He's  only  gone   from  '  dust  to  dust.'  " 


Epigrammatic  epitaph : — 

"  Beneath  yon  humble  clod,  at  rest, 
Lies  Andrew,  who  if  not  the  best, 

Was  not  the  very  worst  man ; 
A  little  rakish,  apt  to  roam ; 
But  not   so   now,    he's   quite   at  home, 

For  Andrew  was  a  dustman." 


For  Joseph  Blackett,  late  poet  and  shoemaker,  who 
died  at  Seaham,  in  1810  (by  Lord  Byron) : — 

"  Stranger !  behold  interr'd  together 
The  souls  of  learning  and  of  leather. 
Poor  Joe  is  gone,  but  left  his  all  : 
You'll  find  his  relics  in  a  stall. 
His  works  were  neat,  and  often  found 
Well  stitch' d,  and  with  morocco  bound. 
Tread  lightly — where  the  bard  is  laid, 
He  cannot  mend  the  shoe  he  made ; 
Yet  is  he  happy  in  his  hole, 
With  verse  immortal  as  his  sole. 
But  still  to  business  he  held  fast, 
And  stuck  to  Phoebus  to  the  last. 
Then  who  shall  say  so  good  a  fellow 
Was  only  '  leather  and  prunella.' 
For  character — he  did  not  lack  it ; 
And  if  he  did — 'twere  shame  to  '  Black-it.'  " 


In  Hessle  churchyard,  near  Hull,  on  George  Prissick, 
plumber  and  glazier : — 


455 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  Adieu !   my  friends,  my  thread  of  life  is  spun, 
The  diamond  will  not  cut,  the  soder  will  not  run, 
My  body's  turn'd  to  ashes,  my  grief  and  troubles  past, 
I've  left  no  one  to  worldly  care, — and  I  shall  rise  at  last." 


In  Matlock  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of 

James  Geeen, 

of  Cromford, 

who  departed  this  life  Nov.  17th,  1843, 

in  full  assurance  of  a  joyful  resurrection  : 

aged  51  years. 

"  A  man  of  sense,  a  man  of  care  ; 
A  man  of  truth,  a  man  of  prayer ; 
A  man  of  thought ;  whose  feeling  mind 
Led  him  to  leave  advice  behind  ; 
Advice  to  his  dear  children  given, 
To  guide  them  in  the  way  to  heaven. 
Such  was  the  man  who  now  here  lies, 
Whose  soul  we  trust's  above  the  skies." 


On  a  puritanical  locksmith  : — 

"  A  zealous  Locksmith  died  of  late, 
And  did  arrive  at  heaven's  gate, 
He  stood  without  and  would  not  knock, 
Because  he  meant  to  pick  the  lock." 


On  a  railway  engineer,  in  Bromsgrove  churchyard, 
Worcestershire  ;    dated  1840  : — 

"My  Engine  now  is  cold  and  still, 
No  water  does  my  boiler  fill : 
My  coke  affords  its  flame  no  more, 
My  days  of  usefulness  are  o'er, 
My  wheels  deny  their  noted  speed, 
No  more  my  guiding  hand  they  need. 


456 


TRADESMEN. 


My  whistle,  too,  has  lost  its  tone, 

Its  shrill  and  thrilling  sounds  are  gone  : — 

My  valves  are  now  thrown  open  wide, 

My  flanges  all  refuse  to  guide, 

My  clacks,  also  !  though  once  so  strong, 

Refuse  to  aid  the  busy  throng  : 

~No  more  I  feel  each  urging  breath, 

My  steam  is  now  condensed  in  death. 

Life's  railway  o'er — each  station's  past, 

In  death  I'm  stopp'd,  and  rest  at  last. 

Farewell,  dear  friends,  and  cease  to  weep, 

In  Christ  I'm  safe — in  Him  I  sleep." 


On  a  dyer,  in  a  churchyard  at  Lincoln  : — 

" Here  lies  John  Hyde; 

He  first  liv'd,   and  then  he  died 
He  dyed  to  live,  and  liv'd  to  dye, 
And  hopes  to  live  eternally." 


On  an  undertaker,  in  Stoke  churchyard  : — 

"  An  undertaker,  named  John  Fey, 
Lies  here — who  lost  his  breath, 
Endeavouring,    but  in  vain,   to  fly 
That  o^rtaker — Death." 


In  Henbury  churchyard,  near  Bristol,  on  Joseph 
Wills,  of  Long  Ashton  County  town  gardener,  who 
died  August  20th,  1720,  aged  45  :— 

"  Pomona's  treasures  gone — her  glory  fled, 

And  Flora's  beauty  lost  since  thou  art  dead. 

The  trees,  and  plants,  and  flowers  now  fading  stand, 

"Which  used  to  flourish  by  thy  skilful  hand. 

'Twas  by  thy  skilful  hand  that  they  did  bring 

Treasures  of  the  Autumn — pleasure  of  the  Spring. 

Alas  !  that  neither  flower,  nor  plant,  nor  tree 

Could  thee  reprieve,  so  oft  reprieved  by  thee." 


457 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  All  Saints'  church,  Leicester  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of  Joseph  "Weight,  a  Gardener 

My  mother  Earth,  though  mystically  curst, 
Hath  me,  her  son,  most  bountifully  nurst : 
For  all  my  pains,  and  seed  on  her  bestow' d, 
Out  of  which  store  that  I  of  her  received : 
My  painful,  wantful  brethren  I  relieved  ; 
And  though  this  Mother  I  full  well  did  love, 
I  better  lov'd  my  Father  that's  above  : 
My  Mother  feeds  my  body  for  a  space, 
My  soul  for  aye  beholds  my  Father's  face." 


On  the  tomb  of  a  corpulent  chandler  : — 

"  Here  lies  in  earth  an  honest  fellow, 
Who  died  by  fat,  and  lived  by  tallow." 


On  the  three  dyers,  at  Truro,  in  Cornwall : — 

"  A  Dyer  born,  a  dyer  bred, 
Lies  numbered  here  among  the  dead  ; 
Dyers,  like  mortals  doomed  to  die, 
Alike  fit  food  for  worms  supply. 
Josephus  Dyer  was  his  name, 
By  dyeing  he  acquired  fame ; 
'Twas  in  his  forty- second  year 
His  neighbours  kind  did  him  inter. 
Josephus  Dyer,  his  first  son, 
Doth  also  lie  beneath  this  stone  ; 
So  likewise  doth  his  second  boy, 
Who  was  his  parents'  hope  and  joy. 
His  handywork  all  did  admire, 
For  never  was  a  better  dyer. 
Both  youths  were  in  their  fairest  prime, 
Ripe  fruitage  of  a  healthful  clime  ; 
But  nought  can  check  Death's  lawless  aim, 
Whos'ever  life  he  choose  to  claim : 
It  was  God's  edict  from  his  throne, 
'  My  will  shall  upon  earth  be  done.' 


458 


TRADESMEN. 


Then  did  the  active  mother's  skill 
The  vacancy  with  credit  fill 
Till  she  grew  old,  and  weak,   and  blind, 
And  this  last  wish  dwelt  on  her  mind — 
That  she,  when  dead,  should  buried  be 
"With  her  loved  spouse  and  family. 
At  last  Death's  arm  her  strength  defied; 
Thus  all  the  dyeing  Dyers  died." 


On  a  potter : — 

"  How  frail  is  man — how  short  life's  longest  day, 
Here  lies  the  worthy  Potter  turn'd  to  clay, 
Whose  forming  hand,  and  whose  reforming  care 
Has  left  us  full  of  flaws.     Yile  earthenware." 


On  an  itinerant  linen-draper,  in  Hampstead  church- 
yard : — 

"  Cottons  and  Cambrics,  all  adieu  ! 
And  Muslins,  too,  farewell ! 
Plain,  striped,  and  figured,  old  and  new, 
Three-quarters,  yard,  or  ell. 

By  yard  and  nail  I've  measured  ye, 

As  customers  inclined ; 
The  Churchyard  now  has  measured  me, 

And  nails  my  coffin  bind. 

So  now  my  kind  and  worthy  friends 

Who  dealt  with  me  below, 
I'm  gone  to  measure  Time's  long  ends — 

You'll  follow  me — I  know." 


On  Henry  Fox,  a  weaver,  in  Sleaford  churchyard : 

"  Of  tender  threads  this  mortal  web  is  made, 
The  woof  and  warp,  and  colours  early  fade  ; 
When  power  divine  awakes  the  sleeping  dust, 
He  gives  immortal  garments  to  the  just." 


459 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  Dennington  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Here  lie  the  mortal  remains  of 

James  Stearne,  Bachelor, 

who  was  born  in  this  parish,  and  died  at  Eomford,  in 

Essex,  Feb.  27,  1843,  aged  70. 
' '  Eeneath  this  tomb  lies  buried  here  a  man  of  note  in  trade, 
And  unto  him  was  merit  due  for  works  which  he  had  made. 
On  Steel  and  Brass  his  hands  had  wrought  and  laboured 

night  and  day, 
But  now  in  silence  here  does  rest  down  in  his  bed  of  clay. 
When  the  great  last  trump  shall  sound,  and  the  earth  give 

up  her  dead, 
May  he  arise  with  God  to  dwell — through  Christ  his 
living  head." 


In  the  north  aisle  of  St.  Giles'  church,  Cripplegate : — 

"  A  remembrance  of  Thomas  Bvsby,  Cooper  and 

Citizen  of  London,  who  departed  this  life  in  Ano  1575, 

and  bvried  heare  the  xi  of  July. 

This  Bvsby  willing  to  relieve  the  poore  with  fire  and 

with  breade 
Did  give  that  hovse  in  which  he  dy'd,  then  called  the 

Queenes  heade. 
Foure  full  loades  of  ye  best  charcole  he  wovld  have  bovght 

each  yeare, 
And  fortie  dosen  of  wheaten  breade,  for  poor  hovsehold- 

ers  heare, 
To  see  these  things  distribvted  this  Bvsby  put  in  trvst, 
The  Yicar  and  Chvrchwardens,  thinking  them  to  be  jvst. 
God  grante  that  poore  hovseholders  heare  may  thankfvl 

be  for  svch, 
So  God  will  move  ye  heartes  of  more,  to  do  for  them  as 

mvch, 
And  let  this  goode  example  move  such  men  as  God  as 

blest, 
To  do  the  like  before  they  goe  with  Bvsby  to  their  reste. 
Within  this  chappell  Bvsby' s  bones  in  dvst  awhile  doth 

stay, 
Till  he  that  made  them,  raise  them  up  to  live  with  Christ 

for  aye." 


460 


TRADESMEN. 


Upon  a  plain  slab  in  the  Cathedral  church  of  St.  Mary, 

Limerick,  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"Memento  mory 

Here  lieth  littel 

Samvell  Bakington,  That 

Great  Undertaker  of 

Famovs  cittis  Clock  and 

Chime   Maker :     he   made 

His  own  time  goe  early 

ami  latter,  but 

now  he  is  retvrned  to 

God  his  Creator 

the  19th  November  then 

he  seest  and  for  his 

memory  this   here  is 

Pleast   by   his   son   Ben. 

1639." 

The  Rev.  J.  Caughey 's  letters,  Vol.  1. 


At  Wigtown,  Galloway,  in  Scotland  : — 

"Here  lies  John  Taggaet  of  honest  fame, 
Of  stature  low,  and  a  leg  lame, 
Content  he  was  with  portion  small, 
Kept  a  shop  in  "Wigtown,  and  that's  all." 


On  a  tailor  : — 
"  Fate  cuts  the  thread  of  life,  as  all  men  know, 
And  fate  cut  his,  though  he  so  well  could  sew, 
It  matters  not  how  fine  the  web  is  spun, 
'Tis  all  unravelled  when  our  course  is  run." 


On  a  cobbler  : — 

"Death  at  a  cobbler's  door  oft  made  a  stand, 
And  always  found  him  on  the  mending  hand ; 
At  last  came  death,  and  in  foul  weather, 
Bipt  the  sole  from  off  the  upper  leather. 
Death  by  a  trick  of  art,  then  laid  him  fast, 
His  awl  he  call'd  for,  but  death  brought  his  last. 


461 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


On  John  Emery  : — 

"  Ashes  to  ashes,  dust  to  dust, — 
Here  lies  John  Emery,  I  trust ; 
And  when  the  trump  blows  loud  and  louder, 
He'll  rise — a  Box  of  Emery  Powder." 


Inscription  on  a  stone  in  the  churchyard  of  "Wrex- 
ham : — 

"Bichard  Kenrick  was  buried   August  29th,  1785, 
by  the  desire  of  Ms  ivife,  Margaret  Kenrick." 


Irish  epitaph : — 

"  Here  I  lies 
And  my  heart  at  aise  is, 
Wid  the  point  o'my  nose 
And  the  tips  o'my  toes 
Turn'd  up  to  the  roots  o'the  daises." 


On  John  Berry  : — 

"  Hark !  how !  who's  buried  here  ? 

John  Berry,  is't  the  younger  ? 

Wo,  it  is  the  Elder  Berry. 


462 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


An  Elder-'BKK&Y  buried  surely  must 
Kather  spring  up  and  live  than  turn  to  dust : 
So  may  our  Beeey  whom  stern  death  has  slain, 
Be  only  buried  to  rise  up  again." 


In  the  churchyard  behind  the  famous  Boar's  Head 
tavern,  Eastcheap,  was  formerly  a  tablet  inscribed  to  the 
memory  of  Bobeet  Peeston,  a  drawer  at  the  Boar's 
Head,  who  died  in  1730,  on  which  his  sobriety  and  other 
virtues  are  celebrated  : — 

"  Though  nurs'd  among  full  hogsheads,  he  defied 
The  charms  of  wine,  as  well  as  others'  pride. 
You  that  on  Bacchus  have  the  like  dependance, 
Pray  copy  Bob  in  measure  and  attendance." 


In  Carlton  church,  Northamptonshire  : — 

"  JoANE    GoDDAED, 

Here  lyeth  hir  corps  entombed,  which  was  ever, 
(From  infancie  to  age)  a  dying  lyver, 
Her  bodie  here  doth  lye ;  noe  massie  stone 
Entombes  hir  sovle  ;  hir  sovle  is  god- ward  gone. 
Who  god-ward  lives,  with  God  shall  live  and  rest- 
Then  is  hir  sovle  entomb'd  in  Abram's  brest. 
1610. 
Yet  let  not  man  defer  to  ye  last  hour, 
Repentance  is  of  God,  not  in  man's  powre." 


In  Wirksworth  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

Job  White  departed  this  life  July  3rd,  1807,  aged  55. 

This  languishing  head  is  at  rest, 
Its  thinkings  and  achings  are  o'er ; 
This  quiet  immoveable  breast 
Is  heav'd  by  affliction  no  more. 


463 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Those  eyes  he  so  seldom  could  close 
By  sorrow  forbidden  to  sleep, 
Are  seal'd  in  eternal  repose 
And  strangely  forgotten  to  weep." 


In  Woodbridge  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  In  Memory  of 

William  Webb,  Esq., 

who  departed  this  life  22nd  May,  1812, 

Aged  74  years. 

If  each  kind  impulse  of  the  human  breast 

Can  purchase  heavenly  joys  for  Souls  at  rest ; 

A  conscience  free  from  guilt,  affording  birth 

To  Wit,  Conviviality,  and  Mirth  ; 
If  whilst  on  Earth,  He  never  varying  trod 
In  virtue's  happy  path,  prescrib'd  by  God, 
Reader  !  this  stone  before  you  will  display 
A  much  lamented,  yet  auspicious  clay. 
Lov'd  Webb's  remains,  like  him  Oh  may  you  die, 

With  all  his  hopes  of  immortality." 


Greek  epitaph,  on  Zosima,  who  lived  in  slavery  : — 

"  Zosima,  who  in  her  life  could  only  have  her  body 
enslaved,  now  finds  her  body  likewise  set  at  liberty." 

"My  fellow  sinners  in  a  world  of  woe 
May  mercy  lead  thee  all  thy  journey  through  ; 
Thy  sinful  state  may  mercy  make  thee  feel ; 
Christ's  mercy  pardon,   and  Christ's  mercy  heal." 

"  Let  no  proud  stone  with  sculptured  virtues  rise, 
To  mark  the  spot  wherein  a  sinner  lies  ; 
Or  if  some  boast  must  deck  the  sinner's  grave, 
Boast  of  His  love,  who  died  lost  man  to  save." 

"  Eeader  !  whoe'er  thou  art,  one  moment  stop  and  think, 
That  I  am  in  eternity,  and  thou  art  on  the  brink." 


464 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


On  a  tablet  in  the  outside  wall  of  the  old  church  at 
Taunton,  in  Somersetshire  : — 

"  James  Waters,  late  of  London,  aged  49. 

Death  traversing  the  western  road, 
And  asking  where  true  merit  lay, 

Made  in  this  town  a  short  abode, 
Then  took  this  worthy  man  away." 


A  Roman's  epitaph.  Some  workmen  in  making  an 
excavation  at  Constantina,  in  Algeria,  a  short  time  back 
came  on  an  ancient  tomb,  which  turned  out  to  be  that 
of  a  Roman  citizen.  It  offered  no  peculiarity  in  con- 
struction, but  the  inscription,  which  is  in  well- written 
hexameters  and  pentameters,  appears  so  curious,  that  a 
translation  of  it  seems  worth  giving.     It  runs  thus  : — 

"  I,  Procilitjs,  whose  remains  repose  here,  state  the 
exact  truth  in  these  verses.  I  have  spent  a  life  without 
annoyance,  exercising  the  calling  of  Silversmith  in  my 
house  at  Cirta.  I  have  always  been  of  the  strictest 
probity,  and  of  the  most  complete  frankness  towards 
every  man.  I  have  nothing  whatever  to  complain 
of,  for  I  was  always  gay  and  always  happy,  until 
the  death  of  my  chaste  Valerian.  I  have  celebrated 
with  honour  and  in  prosperity  one  hundred  anniversaries 
of  my  birth-day ;  and  at  last,  my  final  day  arrived 
when  my  enfeebled  frame  rendered  it  welcome.  The 
lines  which  you  are  now  reading  I  composed  myself 
during  my  life-time,  being  permitted  so  to  do  by  the 
kind  goddess  Fortune,  who  never  forsook  me. 

Follow  the  path  which  I  have  taken :  I  await  you 
here  below ;  come  !  " 


In  the  churchyard  of  Christchurch,  Hants.  : — 

"  We  were  not  slayne  bvt  raysd : 
Raysd  not  to  Life, 
But  to  be  bvried  twice 
By  men  of  strife. 


465 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"What  rest  could  th'  living  have 

When  deacThad  none  ? 
Agree  amongst  you — 

Here  we  ten  are  one. 

Hen:_Eogers  died  April  17,   1641." 


In  the  same  churchyard,  on  a  plain  slab : — 
"  Sally  Williams 
Died  of  Grief 

1836 
aged   79." 


On  Mr.  Bywater  : — 
"Here  lie  the  remains  of  his  "relatives' "pride, 

By  water  he  liv'd,  and  by  water  he  died ; 

Though  by  water  he  fell,  yet  by  water  he'll  rise. 

By  water  baptismal  attaining  the  skies." 


In   St.   Mary   Key,   Ipswich,  Chaeles  Jobson,  died 
August  30th,  1831,  aged  56. 

"Sometimes  by  thee,  0  Melancholy!  led, 
I  walk'd  the  ground  that  hides  the  happy  dead, 
Where  every  tombstone  I  am  passing  by 
Gives  me  a  lecture  on  mortality. 
Even  marble  speaks,  and  tells  me  I  must  die. 
The  Clown,  the  Monarch,  and  the  rich  and  poor, 
Are  levell'd  in  the  grave,  distinction  is  no  more.' 


Inscription   on   a   marble   monument,    at  Felbriggs, 
Norfolk  :— 


466 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


"To  the  memory  of  Thomas  Windham,  Esq.,  3rd 
son  of  Sir  Edmund,  who  lived  a  single  life,  and  died 
Dec.  20th,  1559;  to  whose  memory,  Sir  John  Wind- 
ham, of  Orchard,  in  Somersetshire,  his  cosen  and  heire, 
hath  sett  this  marble. 

Liv'st  thou,  Thomas?  Yes.  Where?  With  God  on  high. 
Art  thou  not  dead?  Yes,  and  here  I  lye. 
I  that  with  men  on  earth  did  live  to  dye, 
Dy'd  for  to  live  with  Christ  eternally." 


At  Winborne,  on  John  Penny  : — 

Here  honest  John  who  oft  the  turf  had  paced, 

And  stopp'd  his  mother's  earth,  in  earth  is  placed, 

Nor  all  the  skill  of  John  himself  could  save, 

Erom  being  stopp'd  within  an  early  grave. 

A  friendjto  sport,  himself  of  sporting  fame, 

John  died,  as  he  had  lived,  with  heart  of  game. 

Nor  did  he  yield  until  his  mortal  breath 

Was  hard  run  down  by  that  grim  sportsman,  death. 

Eeader  !  if  cash  thou  art  in  want  of  any, 

Dig  four  feet  deep  and  thou  wilt  find  a  Penny.' ' 


In  St.  James's  churchyard,  Bury  St.  Edmunds  : — 

"Robert  Clarke,  died  Oct.,  1839,  aged  42  years. 

Mock  not  with  fulsome  Epitaph  the  Earth 
That  slumbers  here  !  Go  Moralist  and  scan 
His  actions,  they  alone  will  prove  his  worth, 
And  that  he  Liv'd  and  Died  an  Honest  man." 


a 


In  Allestree  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

What  is  life  ?  a  breath,  a  dream,  a  bubble  on  a  rapid 
stream ; 
A  lurid  shade  with  scarce  a  ray,  a  short  and  stormy 
winter's  day. 


467 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


A  falling  star,   a  morning  flower,  a  passing  cloud,  a 

mountain  shower ; 
A  flying  shuttle  ;    nay,  a  span :    so  short  and  frail's  the 

life  of  man." 


In  Worlingworth  church,  Suffolk  : — 

"In  memory  of 

John  Cokdy, 

late  of  Woodbridge, 

and  formerly  of  this  parish. 

He  died  Jan.  18th,  1828,  aged  66  years. 

The  earthly  frame  of  Coedy  moulders  here-, 
Bedew' d  by  love's — by  friendship's  sacred  tear. 
In  firm  but  modest  hope,  the  spirit  flies 
Ushered  by  guardian  seraphs  to  the  skies. 
His  many  virtues  o'er  his  dust  shall  glow, 
But  these  brief  lines  his  excellence  will  show. 
Beneficent  in  action,  pure  in  mind, 
Humble  to  God,  and  just  to  all  mankind. 
To  live  like  him,  and  in  his  state  expire, 
Will  be  their  aim,  who  future  bliss  desire." 


At  Eyam,  Derbyshire  : — 

"In  sure  and  steadfast  hope  to  rise 
And  claim  a  mansion  in  the  skies. 
A  Christian,  a  life  laid  down, 
A  cross  exchanging  for  a  crown, 
Meet  for  the  fellowship  above 
She  heard  the  call — '  Arise  my  love. 
'  I  come,'  her  dying  looks  replied, 
And  lamblike  in  her  Lord  she  died." 


In  the  above  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 
468 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


"  In  peace  she  did  her  soul  resign 
To  God  who  kindly  gave  it, 
Why  should  not  thou  do  so  with  thine  ? 
Christ  liv'd  and  died  to  save  it." 


:  It  must  he  so — our  father  Adam's  fall 
And  disobedience,  brought  this  lot  on  all. 
All  die  in  him — but  hopeless  should  we  be, 
Blest  Kevelation  !  were  it  not  for  thee. 

Hail  glorious  Gospel !  heavenly  light !  whereby 
We  live  with  comfort,  and  with  comfort  die, 
And  view  beyond  this  gloomy  scene,  the  tomb, 
A  life  of  endless  happiness  to  come." 


Some  years  ago,  the  following  inscription,  engraved 
on  the  fragment  of  a  stone,  was  discovered  amongst  the 
relics  of  an  antiquarian,  and  was  considered  by  him  as 
a  great  curiosity,  and  enhanced  in  value  by  its  transla- 
tion having  puzzled  the  best  scholars  of  his  age  : — 


"Bene 

A.  T.  H.     TH.     ISST. 

onere.  Pos.  et. 

h  CLAUD  Cos  Ter.    trip 

e.    Sellero 

F.  IMP 

IN.  GT.  onas  DO 

TH.   HI 

s.  c 

On.     s  or 
T.  IANE" 

Some  supposed  it  to  refer  to  the  Emperor  Claudian,  till 
one  day  a  lad  spelled  it  out : — 


469 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  Beneath  this  stone  reposeth  Claud  Costee,   tripe 
seller  of  Impington,  as  doth  his  consort  Jane." 


In  Clumleigh  churchyard,  Devonshire  : — 

"  Man  that  is  horn  alas  !  and  what  is  man  ? 
A  scuttle  full  of  dust,  a  measured  span, 
A  vale  of  tears,  a  vessel  tun'd  with  breath, 
By  sickness  broach' d,  and  then  drawn  out  by  death." 


On  John  Weight  : — 
"  Here  lies  John  Weight,  as  queer  a  wight 

As  sleeps  these  tombs  among, 
"Who,  strange  to  tell,  though  always  Weight 

Was  sometimes  in  the  wrong" 


On  John  Sullen  : — 

Here  lies  John  Sullen  ;  and  it  is  God's  will 
He  that  was  Sullen,  should  be  Sullen  still ; 
He  still  is  Sullen,  if  the  truth  ye  seek, 
Knock  until  doomsday,  Sullen  will  not  speak.' 


In  Camerton  churchyard,  a  village  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  Bath  : — 

"  Come  hither  mortal,  cast  an  eye, 
Then  go  thy  way,  prepare  to  die  : 
Read  here  thy  doom,  for  know  thou  must 
One  day  like  me  be  turn'd  to  dust. 

But  if  thou  dost  on  Christ  depend, 
Then  bless' d  indeed  shall  be  thine  end ; 
If  thou  hast  lov'd  and  serv'd  him  here, 
Death  has  no  sting — the  grave  no  fear." 


470 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


In  Maidstone  churchyard,  Kent : — 
"Here  Feancis  Jaeeett  lies;  what  then? 
Frank,  when  his  Master  calls,  will  rise  again." 


On  a  tombstone  erected  a  century  ago,  in  the  church- 
yard of  South  Wooton,  Norfolk,  is  the  following 
epitaph  : — 

"  Keep  death  and  judgment  always  in  your  eye, 
None  is  fit.'. to  live,  but  who  is  fit  to  die. 
Make  use  of  present  time,  because  you  must 
Take  up  your  lodging  shortly  in  the  dust ; 
'Tis  dreadful  to  behold  the  setting  sun, 
And  night^approaching  ere  your  work  is  done." 


In  "Worlingworth  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Joseph  Adams,  Gent.,  died  Dec.   2nd,    1845,  aged 
59:— 

"For  modes  of  faith  let  graceless  zealots  fight, 
His  can't  be  wrong  whose  life  is  in  the  right." 

For  MY  Salvation  must  its  doom  receive 

Not  from  what  OTHEES,  but  what  I  believe." 


In  "Worlingworth  church,   Suffolk,   on  a  copperplate 
fixed  in  a  stone  : — 

"Here  lyeth  buried  the  body  of  Jaspae  Htjssie, 
Citizen  of  London,  Borne  in  Exceter.  A  man  religious 
and  Peaceable,  and  one  of  good  Ranck  &  Reckoning  in 
in  ye  famous  cittie  wherein  he  lived.  Hee  came  to  this 
towne  after  a  long  sickness  to  take  ye  benefit  of  this 
aire,  where  it  pleased  God  wth  much  comfort  and  pati- 
ence, Hee  exchanged  this  eafthly  for  a  heavenly  country 
on  the  24th  day  of  July,  in  ye  yere  of  our  Lord  God 
1624,  in  the  44th  yere  of  his  age. 


471 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


From  Home  hee  went  to  live,  from  home  hee  dy'd, 
Yet  lives  at  Home,  which  hee  by  faith  descry' d. 

The  change  did  please  him  well,  and  God  and  Hee, 
Agreed  that  this  the  better  Home  would  be." 


In  Hereford  Cathedral  is  a  plain  stone  inscribed  only 
"  Misserimus."  "Wordsworth  wrote  a  sonnet  on  this 
tomb. 


In  St.  Margaret's  churchyard,  Ipswich  : — 
"Mary  Burgess,  died  Dec.  25,  1825,  aged  58. 
Reader  !  pass  on — ne'er  waste  your  time 
On  bad  biography,  or  bitter  rhyme  : 
For  what  I  am,  this  cumbrous  clay  insures, 
And  what  I  was  is  no  affair  of  yours." 


On  Richard  "Wren  : — 

"Beneath  this  stone  lies  Richard  Wren, 
Who  trusts  that  he  shall  waken  up 
Before  the  resurrection  men 

Do  slyly  come  and  take  him  up." 


Witty  epitaphs: — When  a  cemetery  was  first  opened, 
it  occurred  to  two  gentlemen  to  prepare  some  suitable 
device  and  inscription  with  which  to  ornament  the  mon- 
uments they  intended  to  erect,  to  point  out  their  last 
resting-place.  Each  left  his  memento  mori  to  the  fertility 
of  the  other's  invention,  and  as  one  was  a  well-known 
auctioneer,  his  friend  immediately  proposed  the  design  of 
an  arm  with  an  auctioneer's  hammer,  and  the  motto: — 

"  Going — Going — gone," 


472 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


a  good  idea  naturally  suggested  by  the  profession  of  the 
supposed  defunct,  and  forcibly  reminding  one  of  the 
precarious  nature  of  human  existence,  as  well  as  bargains 
at  auctions.  The  originator  of  this  pithy  production,  a 
highly  respectable  oil  merchant,  had  hardly  finished  con- 
gratulating himself  at  the  successful  issue  of  his  part  of 
the  agreement,  than  our  auctioneer,  far  from  being 
discomfited  by  the  wit  of  his  companion,  proclaimed 
with  the  sententious  gravity  of  his  calling,  that  "  his 
device  should  be  a  Lamp,  whose  flame  just  expiring  for 
want  of  oil,  should  remind  the  looker-on  of  the  neces- 
sity of  being  well-trimmed  through  life,  while  the 
inscription  should  read — 

'  And  while  the  lamp  holds  out  to  burn 
The  vilest  sinner  may  return." 

The  critical  condition  in  which  both  gentlemen  were 
found,  clearly  showed  the  painful  appreciation  which 
they  formed  of  each  other's  wit." 


At  Brighton,  on  Mary  Atkinson,  who  died  Jan.    1, 
1786,  aged  77:— 

"  Periwinkles  !  periwinkles  ! 
Was  ever  her  cry  ; 
She  labour' d  to  live, 
Poor  and  honest  to  die. 
At  the  last  day  again 

How  her  old  eyes  will  twinkle ; 
For  no  more  will  she  cry 
Periwinkle  !  periwinkle. 

Ye  rich,  ye  virtuous,  want  regard,  pray  give  ; 
Ye  poor,  by  her  example,  learn  to  live." 


On   John   Huxley,  in  Eccleston   churchyard,    near 
Chester : — 

"Poor  Jack,  he  lies  beneath  this  rood, 
And  sure  he  must  be  blest, 


473 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


For  if  he  could  do  nothing  good, 

He  meant  to  do  his  best. 
Think  on  your  souls  ye  guilty  throng, 
Who,  knowing  what  is  right,  does  wrong. 


u  Gentle  reader,  gentle  reader, 

Look  on  the  spot  where  I  do  lie ; 
I  always  was  a  very  good  feeder, 
But  now  the  worms  do  feed  on  I. 


In  St.  James's  churchyard,  Bury  : — 

"  To  the  memory  of 

James  Paiilett, 

Born  May  18,  1775, 

Died   Oct.   21,    1837, 

At  whose  expense  this  tomb  was  raised 

in  the  year  1834,  because  the  original 

Memorials  were  gone  into  decay. 

Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity  !  mark'd  his  career, 
A  Man  of  Worth,  in  friendship  most  sincre. 
Benevolence  unbounded,  and  with  judgment  given, 
Reader,  doubt  not !  this  was  the  road  to  Heaven. 

In  the  Metropolis 

He  breathed  his  last,  where 

His  charities,  both  public 

and  private,  were  most 

extensive." 


In  Wood  Ditton  churchyard,  in  memory  of  "William 
Symonds,  gamekeeper  to  the  late  Duke  of  Rutland,  at 
Cheveley,  Cambridgeshire.  It  is  said  to  be  written  by 
himself.  A  dripping-pan  is  carved  on  the  head  of  the 
tomb : — 


474 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


In  the  chancel  of  the  church  at  Barrow-on-Soar,  in 
Leicestershire,  is  buried  Theophilus  Cave  ;  the  inscrip- 
tion bears  date  1584,  and  is  as  follows : — 

1 '  Here  in  this  Grave  their  lies  a  Cave 
"We  call  a  Cave  a  Grave  ; 
If  Cave  be  Grave,  and  Grave  be  Cave 

Then  reader,  judge,  I  crave 
Whether  doth  Cave  here  lye  in  Grave 

Or  Grave  here  lye  in  Cave  : 
If  Grave  in  Cave  here  buryed  lye, 
Then  Grave,  where  is  thy  victory  ? 
Goe,  reader  !  and  report 

Here  lies  a  Cave 
Who  conquers  Death 

And  buryes  his  own  Grave." 


In  Storrington  churchyard  : — 

"Here  lies  the  body  of  Edward  Hide, 
We  laid  him  here,  because  he  died. 
We  had  rather 
It  had  been  his  father  : 
If  it  had  been  his  sister, 
Few  would  have  miss'd  her : 
But  since  tis  honest  Ned 
No  more  shall  be  said." 


Mournful,  oppress' d  and  burden' d  sore, 

I  waited  long  at  wisdom's  door; 

When  lo  !  I  heard  the  Saviour's  voice, 

1  Fear  not — believe — in  me  rejoice.' 

The  clouds  dispers'd ;  the  sun  shone  bright, 

At  even- tide  I  found  'twas  light." 


Epitaph,    composed   by  the  person  himself,   for  his 
tombstone : — 


477 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


"  BEADER, 

The  soul  which  inhabited  the  body  that  now 

lies  at  thy  feet, 

Is,  at  this  time,  partaking 

Of  the  due  reward  of  its  deeds  ! 

This  state  is  now  unalterable  ; 

If  good,  it  is  happy,  without  fear  of  change, 

If  not,  how  great  a  mercy  would  it  be  esteemed, 

Even  for  a  short  time, 

To   be   as   thou   art 

Capable  of  avoiding  the  torments  of  hell, 

And  of  enjoying  the  rest  and  pleasures 

That  are  at  God's  right  hand  for  evermore  ! 

Now  is  the  accepted  time,  now  is  the  day  of 

SALVATION. 

Oh  !  receive  not  the  grace  of  God  in  vain. 

2  Cor.  vi.   1,  2." 


In  the  Cathedral  of  Christ  church,  Oxford  : — 

"  Jana 

B.  Blayney  Filia 

Eheu!  Unica." 


On  Thomas  Htjddlesto^e  : — 

Here  lies  Thomas  Huddlestone,  Header  don't  smile  ! 

But  reflect,  as  this  tombstone  you  view, 
That  Death,  who  kill'd  him,  in  a  very  short  while 

Will  huddle  a  stone  upon  you." 


On  Mr.  Peck  : — 

"Here  lies  a  Peck !  which  some  men  say 
Was  first  of  all  a  Peck  of  clay ; 
This,  wrought  with  skill  divine  while  fresh, 
Became  a  curious  Peck  of  flesh : 


478 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


Through  various  forms  its  Maker  ran, 
Then  adding  breath  made  Peck  a  man. 
Full  sixty  years  Peck  felt  life's  bubbles, 
'Till  death  reliev'd  a  Peck  of  troubles. 
Then  fell  poor  Peck,  as  all  things  must ; 
And  here  he  lies a  Peck  of  dust." 


In  St.  Stephen's  church,  Ipswich  :  — 

"  On  Eobert  Leman  and  Mary  his  wife,  who  both 
expired  on  the  same  day,  Sep.  3rd,  1637. 

Beneath  this  monument  entombed  lye, 
The  rare  remark  of  a  conjugal  tye. 
Eobert  and  Mart,  who  to  show  how  neere 
They  did  comply — how  to  each  other  deere, 
One  loath  behind  the  other  long  to  stay, 
(As  married)  died  together  in  one  day." 


Greek  epitaph : — 

"  I  shall  ever  love  thee,  but  thou,  in  the  region  of  the 
dead,  drink  not,  I  pray  thee,  of  that  cup  which  would 
cause  thee  to  forget  thy  former  friends." 


In  the  cemetery  at  Liverpool : — 

"  What  her  character  was  will  be  known  at  the  day 
of  judgment.     Eeader  !  think  what  thine  own  will  be." 


Memorial  to  Francis  Hurt,  Esq.,  of  Alderwasley, 
Derbyshire,  in  Wirksworth  church.  It  was  unani- 
mously agreed,  at  a  meeting  of  the  county  magistrates, 
held  at  Derby,  to  erect  an  obituary  window  in   the 


479 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


chancel  of  Wirksworth  church,  to  the  memory  of  the 
late  Francis  Hurt,  Esq.,  of  Alderwasley.  It  cannot 
fail  to  be  gratifying  to  his  friends  and  admirers,  that  the 
memory  of  one  so  universally  respected  and  beloved, 
should  be  perpetuated  by  a  testimonial  so  graceful  and 
appropriate.     The  following  is  a  description  of  it : — 

The  East  (the  memorial)  window  is  in  the  style  of 
Gothic  architecture  called  perpendicular.  The  upper, 
or  traceried  parts,  contain  the  armorial  bearings  of  the 
family,  viz,  Hurt,  Lowe,  and  Eawne.  Interspersed 
with  these  are  angels  bearing  obituary  inscriptions  ;  the 
upper  being,  "  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the 
Lord;"  the  lower,  "As  we  have  borne  the  image  of 
the  earthly,  we  shall  also  bear  the  image  of  the  hea- 
venly." The  five  chief  lights  below  contain  as  many 
subjects,  namely,  The  good  Samaritan — The  lost  sheep 
found — The  distribution  of  the  talents — The  rendering 
of  the  talents — and,  The  faithful  servant  found  watch- 
ing. Over  each  of  these  subjects  are  lofty  canopies, 
with  angels  holding  sacred  symbols ;  beneath  them  are 
pedestals  bearing  scrolls  inscribed  with  the  Scripture 
texts  which  refer  to  the  several  subjects.  These  com- 
partments are  wholly  bordered  with  ornaments  embo- 
dying the  paternal  arms  and  monogram  of  the  deceased. 
The  inscriptions  on  the  scrolls  are :  — 

1.  "And  when  He  saw  him,  He  had  compassion 

on  him." 

2.  "  Rejoice  with  me  for  I  have  fonnd  my  sheep 

which  were  lost." 

3.  "  And  unto  one  he  gave  five  talents,   to  another 

two." 

4.  "  "Well  done  thou  good  and  faithful  servant." 

5.  Blessed  are  those  servants  whom  the  Lord  when 

He  cometh  shall  find  watching." 

Along  the  bottom  of  the  window  runs  the  following 
dedication : — 

"  Memorial  to  Francis  Edward  Hurt,  Esq.,  of 
Alderwasley,  died  March  22,  1854,  aged  73  years. 
Erected  by  public  subscription,  1855." 

Abridged  from  the  Derby  "Reporter." 


480 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


In  the  parish  church  at  Bushley,  in  Hertfordshire,  is 
a  small  blue  tombstone,  about  four  feet  long,  and  two 
broad,  with  the  following  inscription  : — 


of  ROBERT  BLAKWELL,  sonne  of  Richard 


Here's  two  in  one,  and  yet  not  two,  but  one, 
Two  sons,  one  tomb,  two  heirs,  one  name  alone. 


'£t9I  'aaqmaoaa  jo  v&f\  a£  parp  oqAV 


Memento  Mori.     Inscribed  on  a  tomb : — 

"  When  you  look  on  my  grave, 
And  behold  how  they  wave, 

The  cypress,  the  yew,   and  the  willow, 
You  think  tis  the  breeze 
That  gives  motion  to   these 

'Tis  the  laughter  that's  shaking  my  pillow. 

I  must  laugh  when  I  see 

A  poor  insect  like  thee 
Dare  to  pity  the  fate  thou  must  own ; 

Let  a  few  moments  slide, 

"We  shall  lie  side  by  side, 
And  crumble  to  dust,  bone  for  bone. 

Go  weep  thine  own  doom, 

Thou  wert  born  for  the  tomb 


Thou  hast  liv'd,  like  myself,  but  to  die; 

Whilst  thou  pity'st  my  lot, 

Secure  fool,  thou'st  forgot 
Thou  art  no  more  immortal  than  I." 


Epitaph  from  "  Ryan's  Antiquities  of  Carlow."  The 
following  lines  were  written,  I  am  told,  by  the  late 
Henry  Tighe,  Esq.,  of  Rosanna,  in  the  county  of  Wick- 


481 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


low.  Ralph,  the  subject  of  them,  was  wood-ranger  to 
Mr.  Tighe.  Perhaps  his  lady,  the  gifted  authoress  of 
Psyche,  lent  a  hand  to  the  production  : — 

"To  the  memory  of  William  Ralph,  of  Kilcarry, 
who  died  on  the  21st  of  February,  1818,  aged  71. 
Guard  of  the  wood,  in  settled  low  content, 
Lived  "William  Ralph, — a  ramble  paid  his  rent: 
A  boy,  in  sportive  toil  he  climbed  the  trees ; 
A  man,  he  loved  them  rustling  in  the  breeze. 
As  he  grew  old,  his  old  companions  spread 
A  broader,  browner  shadow  o'er  his  head  ; 
"While  those  he  planted  shot  on  high  and  made 
For  many  a  rook  an  hospitable  shade. 
With  this  one  change,  life  gently  crept  away, 
A  placid  stream  it  flow'd  from  day  to  day. 
His  friends  and  children  lov'd  him,  as  the  tear 
Well  spoke,  profusely  shed  upon  his  bier. 
If  he  had  faults,  thou  also  hast  thy  share  ; 
Strike  thy  own  breast,  and  feel  what  lurketh  there. 
He  who  sees  all,  shall  judge  both  him  and  thee ; 
Repent,  for  as  it  falls,  so  lies  the  tree." 

Notes  and  Queries,  1856. 


In  Allerton  churchyard,  Notts.     The  stone  joins  to 
the  south  wall  of  the  church  under  one  of  the  spouts  : — 

"  Beneath  the  droppings  of  this  spout 
Here  lies  the  body  once  so  stout 

Of  Fraxcis  Thompson, 
A  soul  this  carcass  long  possess' d,    \ 
W^hich  for  its  virtues  was  caress' d,  J 
By  all  who  knew  the  owner  best.     ) 
The  Rufford*  records  can  declare 
His  actions  who  for  seventy  year 
Both  drew  and  drank  its  potent  beer. 
Fame  mentions  not  in  all  that  time 
In  this  great  Butler  the  least  crime 

To  stain  his  reputation. 


Rufford  Abbey,  where  he  lived  as  Butler. 

482 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


To  envy's  self  we  now  appeal 

If  ought  of  fault  she  can  reveal 

To  make  her  declaration. 
Then  rest  good  shade,  nor  hell,  nor  vermin  fear 
Thy  virtues  guard  thy  soul,  thy  body  good  strong  beer. 

He  died  July  the  6th,  1739.     Aged  83." 


In  St.  John's,  Leeds  : — 

"  Hie  jacet,  sure  the  fattest  man 
That  Yorkshire  stingo  made, 
He  was  a  lover  of  his  can, 
A  clothier  by  his  trade. 
His  waist  did  measure  three  yards  round, 
He  weighed  almost  three  hundred  pounds ; 
His  flesh  did  weigh  full  twenty  stone, 
His  flesh — I  say — he  had  no  bone, 
At  least,  'tis  said  that  he  had  none." 


At  Backwell,  in  Somersetshire.     To  the  memory  of 
John  Kidwell,  a  very  robust  man  : — 

"  Jesus  beholds,  methinks,  a  man  full  grown, 
Orders  grim  Death  to  mow  his  manful  body  down. 
A  swift  convoy  flew  to  convey, 
His  soaring  spirit  was  borne  away. 
A  loss  to  us,  but  everlasting  gain 
To  the  blest  saints  exempt  from  every  pain. 
Behold  he  lies,  he  lives  to  die  no  more, 
Escap'd  from  earth,  arriv'd  on  Canaan's  shore." 


On  Tam  Samson,  the  worthy  old  Sportsman  (by  E. 
Burns) : — 

"Tam  Samson's  weel  worn  clay  here  lies, 
Ye  canting  zealots,  spare  him, 
If  honest  worth  in  heaven  rise 
Ye'll  mend,  or  ye  win  near  him." 


483 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


On  George  Dixon,  a  noted  fox  hunter  (by  the  late 
W.  Hickington,  Esq.)  : — 

"  Stop  passenger  !  and  thy  attention  fix  on  ! 
That  true-born  honest  fox-hunter  George  Dixon  ! 
"Who  after  eighty  years'  unwearied  chase, 
Now  rests  his  bones  within  this  hallow' d  place. 
A  gentle  tribute  of  applause  bestow, 
And  give  him  as  you  pass  one  tally-ho ! 
Early  to  cover,  brisk  he  rode  each  morn, 
In  hopes  the  brush  his  temple  might  adom, 
The  view  is  now  no  more,  the  chase  is  past, 
And  to  an  earth  poor  George  is  run  at  last." 


In  Bristol  churchyard  : — 

"  This  is  to  the  memory  of  old  Amos, 
Yv  ho  was,   when  alive,  for  hunting  famous ; 
But  now  his  chases  are  all  o'er, 
And  here  he's  earthed, of  years  fourscore." 


In  Fulham  church  is  a  monument  to  Thomas  Bonde, 
dated  1600,  inscribed  as  follows  : — 

"  At  Earth  in  Cornwall  was  my  first  beginninge, 
Erom  Bondes  and  Corrington's,  as  it  may  appear ; 
Now  to  earth  in  Eulham  God  disposed  my  endinge, 
In  March  the  thousand  and  six  hundredth  yeare 
Of  Christ ;  in  whom  my  body  sure  doth  rest, 
Till  both  in  body  and  soul  I  shall  be  blest. 

Thomas  Bonde,  obiit  aetat  suae  68." 


On  Mr.  Ashton  (by  Richard  Crashaw)  :- 

"  The  modest  front  of  this  small  floor, 
Believe  me,  reader,  can  say  more 
Than  many  a  braver  marble  can, 
Here  lies  a  truly  honest  man  ;     * 

484 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


One  whose  conscience  was  a  thing 

That  troubled  neither  church  nor  king ; 

One  of  those  few,  that  in  this  town, 

Honour  all  preachers,  hear  their  own. 

Sermons  he  heard,  yet  not  so  many 

As  left  no  time  to  practise  any ; 

He  heard  them  reverently,  and  then 

His  practice  preach' d  them  o'er  again. 

His  parlour  sermons  rather  were 

Those  to  the  eye  than  to  the  ear. 

His  prayers  took  their  price  and  strength 

Not  from  the  loudness,  nor  the  length. 

He  was  a  Protestant  at  home, 

Not  only  in  despite  of  Eome. 

He  lov'd  his  father,  yet  his  zeal 

Tore  not  off  his  mother's  veil ; 

To  the  church  he  did  allow  her  dress 

True  beauty  to  true  holiness. 

Peace,  which  he  lov'd  in  life,  did  lend 

Her  hand  to  bring  him  to  his  end. 

When  age  and  death  call'd  for  the  score, 

JSTo  surfeits  were  to  reckon  for. 

Death  tore  not  (therefore)  but  sans  strife 

Gently  untwin'd  his  thread  of  life. 

What  remains,  then,  but  that  thou 

Write  these  lines,  reader,  in  thy  brow ; 

And  by  his  fair  example's  light, 

Burn  in  thy  imitation  bright  ? 

So,  while  these  lines  can  but  bequeath 

A  life  perhaps  unto  his  death, 

His  better  epitaph  shall  be 

His  life  still  kept  alive  in  thee." 


In  Berkeley  churchyard,  Gloucestershire,  on  Dicky 
Peakce  (by  Dean  Swift) : — 

"Here  lies  the  Earl  of  Suffolk's  Fool, 
Men  call'd  him  Dicky  Peaece  ; 
His  folly  serv'd  to  make  folks  laugh, 
When  wit  and  mirth  was  scarce. 
Poor  Dick  alas !  is  dead  and  gone, 
What  signifies  to  cry  ? 


485 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Dicky's  enough  are  still  behind, 
To  laugh  at  by  and  by. 

Buried  XVIII  June,  MDCCXXYIII, 
aged  LXIII  years." 


On  Scipio  Afetcantjs  : — 

"  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Scipio  Aericantts,  negro 
servant  to  the  honourable  Charles  William,  Earl  of 
Suffolk  and  Brandon,  who  died  Dec.  21st,  1720,  aged 
48  years. 

I,  who  was  born  a  pagan  and  a  slave, 

"Now  sweetly  sleep  a  christian  in  my  grave. 

What  though  my  hue  was  dark, — my  Saviour's  sight 

Shall  change  this  darkness  into  light. 

Such  grace  to  me  my  Lord  on  earth  has  given 

To  recommend  me  to  my  Lord  in  heaven, 

Whose  glorious  second  coming  here  I  wait, 

With  saints  and  angels  him  to  celebrate." 


At  Caverswall,  in  Staffordshire,  is  a  castle  built  by 
William  de  Caverswall,  in  the  beginning  of  the  13th 
century.  The  pools,  dams,  and  houses  of  office  being 
all  masonry.  His  posterity  enjoyed  it  till  the  year 
1346,  when  it  passed  into  several  hands,  and  lastly  came 
into  the  family  of  the  Hastings,  Earl  of  Huntingdon, 
who  were  owners  of  it  in  the  17th  century.  The 
castle  in  the  beginning  of  that  century  was  in  reason- 
able good  repair,  but  was  suffered  to  run  into  decay 
(some  think  on  purpose)  by  one  Brown,  the  farmer  of 
the  lands  about  it,  lest  his  lord  should  at  any  time  be  in 
mind  to  live  there,   and  take  the  demesne  from  him. 

In  the  church  of  the  above  named  place,  is  a  monu- 
ment for  Willtam  de  Caverswall,  above  mentioned, 
the  builder  of  the  castle,  with  this  inscription  about 
it.     (At  the  head) : — 

"  William  of  Caverswall," 


486 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


and  then  about  it  is  a  Latin  distich,  which  is  thus  trans- 
lated : — 

"  I  built  this  castle,  with  its  rampiers  round, 
For  th'  use  of  the  living,  who  am  under  ground." 

Erdswich   says   that   the    following   lines   were    since 
written  under  this  monument : — 

"  William  of  Caveeswall,  here  lye  I 
That  built  this  castle,  and  pools  hereby. 
William  of  Caverswall,  here  thou  mayest  lye  : 
But  thy  castle  is  down,  and  thy  pools  are  dry." 

Coolcs  Topography  of  Staffordshire' 


On  a  monument  in  Bath  Abbey  church,  to  the 
memory  of  Dame  Elizabeth  Napieb  Webb.  After  an 
enumeration  of  the  lady's  titles  and  connections,  is  the 
following : — 

"  Beader, 

If  such  thou  art  from  heedless  curiosity, 

Enough  is  told  thee  : 

But  if  thou  hast  lost  a  parent 

Ever  kind,  ever  liberal,  ever  self-denying, 

Ask  thine  own  heart 

for  what  is  wanting  here. 

Yale  Matrum  optima ! 

Ave,  Anima  beata !  " 


John  Lilbuene,  the  controversialist,  died  in  1657, 
aged  39.  It  was  a  common  saying  that  Lilbuene  was 
so  quarrelsome,  that  if  he  were  the  only  man  in  the 
world  John  would  quarrel  with  Lilburne,  and  Lilbume 
with  John.  He  was  a  sore  thorn  in  Cromwell's  side, 
for  which  Cromwell  caused  him  to  be  sent  to  Ports- 
mouth for  transportation.  On  his  death  appeared  the 
following  epigrammatic  epitaph  : — 

"Is  John  departed,  and  is  Lilbuene  gone ? 
Farewell  to  both,  to  Lilbuene  and  to  John  ! 


487 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Yet  being  gone  take  this  advice  from  me, 
Let  them  not  both  in  one  grave  buried  be. 
Sere  lay  ye  John  ;  lay  Lilburne  thereabout, 
For  if  they  both  should  meet,  they  would  fall  out." 


On  two  religious  disputants,  who  are  interred  within 
a  few  paces  of  each  other  : — 

"  Suspended  here,  a  contest  see, 
Of  two,  whose  creeds  could  ne'er  agree, 
For  whether  they  would  preach  or  pray, 
They'd  do  it  in  a  different  way : 
And  they  would  fain  our  fate  deny'd, 
In  quite  a  different  manner  dy'd ! 
Yet  think  not  that  their  rancour's  o'er, 
No,  for  tis  ten  to  one,  and  more, 
Tho'  quiet  now  as  either  lies, 
But  they've  a  wrangle  when  they  rise." 


In  Tetbury  church,  Gloucestershire  : — 

"Ina  vault  underneath  lie  several 

of  the  Satjndeeses,  late  of  this  Parish. 

Particulars,  the  last  day  will  disclose." 


In  Easton  church,  Suffolk : — 

"  Sacred 

To  the  memory  of 

Geoege  Richaed  Savage  Nassau,  Esq. 

Brother  to  William  Henry,  fifth  Earl  of  Eochford, 

and  second  son  of 

The  Honourable  Richard  Savage  Nassau, 

By  Ann 

Duchess  of  Hamilton  and  Brandon. 

He  died  the   18th  of  August,    1823, 

aged  66  years. 


488 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


Here  lies  a  Nassau. — Honour  owns  the  name, 

And  George  prefix' d  awakens  friendship's  claim; 

Affection  springing  from  a  brother's  breast, 

Rais'd  to  his  worth  this  tributary  test. 

A  polish' d  mind,  rul'd  by  a  generous  heart, 

Form'd  of  his  character  the  leading  part, 

Integrity — candour — benevolence,  and  love 

Yied  in  their  turns  ascendancy  to  prove. 

On  duty's  course  he  won  the  glorious  race 

And  crown'd  morality  with  Christian  grace. 

Yain  is  the  Poet's  art,  and  Sculptor's  plan, 

Truth  of  herself  best  celebrates  the  man. 

Religion  guards  his  ashes  as  a  prize, 

And  wafts  his  Soul  immortal  to  the  skies." 


In  the  churchyard  of  Arlington,  a  village  in  Devon- 
shire : — 

"Here  lies  Will  Btjrgoin,  a  squire  by  descent, 
"Whose  death  in  this  world  many  people  lament. 
The  Rich  for  his  love, 
The  poor  for  his  alms, 
The  wise  for  his  knowledge, 
The  sick  for  his  Balms. 
Grace  he  did  love  and  vice  control, 
Earth  hath  his  body — and  heaven  his  soul. 
The  twelfth  of  August  in  the  morn  died  he, 
1  6  2         and         3." 


In  the  chancel  of  East  Bergholt  church,  is  an  inscrip- 
tion of  which  the  following  is  a  verbatim  copy  : — 


"  Edwakd 

Edward  Lambe 

Lambe 

Ever 

second  sonne  of 

Lived 

Envied 

Thomas  Lambe 

Laudably 

Evill 

of  Trimley 

Lord 

Endured 

Esquire. 

Lett 

Extremities 

All  his  days 

Like 

Even 

he  lived  a  Bachelor, 

Life 

Earnestly 

well  learned  in  deveyne 

Learne 

489 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Expecting  and  Common  Lawes —  Ledede 

Eternal  with  his  councell  he  Livers 

Ease  helped  many,  yett  took  Lament. 

fees  scarse  of  any. 

He  dyed  the  XIX  November,  1647." 


In  Ercoll  churchyard,  Shropshire  :  — 

"  When  terrestrial  all  in  chaos  shall  exhibit  effervescence, 

Then  celestial  virtues  in  their  most  refulgent  brilliant 
essence 

Shall  with  beaming  beauteous  radiance  thro'  the  dull 
ebullition  shine 

Transcending  to  glorious  regions,  beatifical  sublime. 

Human  power  absorbed,  deficient  to  delineate  such  efful- 
gent lasting  sparks, 

"Where  honest  plebians  ever  will  have  precedence  o'er 
ambiguous  great  monarchs." 


In  Bath  Abbey  church,  on  the  monument  of  Lady 
Millee,  wife  of  Sir  John  Miller,  Knt.,  of  Bath,  Easton 
villa;  Ob.  June  24th,  1781. 

Devoted  stone  !  amidst  the  wrecks  of  time 
Uninjur'd  bear  thy  Millee' s  spotless  name  ; 

The  virtues  of  her  youth  and  ripen' d  prime, 

The  tender  thought,  the  endearing  record  claim. 

"When  clos'd  the  num'rous  eyes  that  round  this  bier 
Have  wept  the  loss  of  wide-extended  worth, 

0  gentle  stranger !  may  one  generous  tear 

Drop,  as  thou  bendest  o'er  this  hallowed  earth  ! 

Are  truth  and  genius,  love  and  pity  thine, 
With  lib'ral  charity,  and  faith  sincere  ? 

Then  rest  thy  wandering  step  beneath  this  shrine, 
And  greet  a  kindred  spirit  ho v' ring  near." 


In  Eramlingham  churchyard.    Maey  Seggate,  died 
July  2nd,  1824,  aged  75  :— 


490 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


"Earth's  highest  station  ends  in  e  here  he  lies,' 
And  'dust  to  dust'  concludes  her  noblest  song.' 


Highgate  Cemetery. — In  this  cemetery  is  a  lofty  white 
marble  tomb,  with  its  crouching  lion  keeping  watch 
above,  in  which,  after  all  his  wanderings,  rest  the  remains 
of  the  menagerist  George  Wombwell  ;  here  also  rest  the 
surgeon  Liston,  and  Goodyear,  the  historical  engraver. 
But  perhaps  the  name  which  awakens  the  most  interesting 
associations  for  the  general  visitor,  is  that  of  the  widow 
of  John  Philpot  Curran,  the  wit,  orator,  and  patriot, 
sometime  master  of  the  rolls,  in  Ireland,  and  father  of 
the  unhappy  lady,  for  whose  love  young  Emmett  ven- 
tured into  the  neighbourhood  of  Dublin  (though  a  price 
was  on  his  head),  and  being  taken  was  subsequently 
hung  at  Harold's  Cross — she  whom  Moore  has  immor- 
talized in  deathless  verse — and  whose  story  Washington 
Irving  has  told  in  prose  as  exquisitely  pathetic — she, 
who  "  far  from  the  land  where  her  young  hero  sleeps" 
sank  into  quiet  madness  and  the  grave. 

Highgate  Cemetery,  by  Mrs.  White. 


On  a  stone  in  Islington  churchyard : — 

"  In  memory  of 

Elizabeth  Emma  Thomas, 

who  died  the  28th  October,    1808, 

aged  27  years. 

She  had  no  fault,  save  what  Travellers  give  the  Moon 
Her  light  was  lovely,  but  she  died  too  soon." 


In  Norwich  Cathedral : —    ' 

"Here  lies  the  body  of  honest  Tom  Page, 
Who  died  in  the  33rd  year  of  his  age." 


491 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In   the  churchyard  of  the  parish  of   St.  Peter  the 
Apostle,  Canterbury : — 

"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  John  Ctjceow, 
Ob  7th  Jan.  1760,  JE  74. 

Touch  not  this  grave,  my  bones, 

Nor  yet  the  dust : 
But  let  this  stone  which  stands 

Be  rotten  first." 


On  a  tombstone  in  the  burying  ground  of  the  parish 
church  of  St.  Olave,  Tooley  street : — 

"  Once  I  stand  as  you  stand  now, 
To  view  the  dead  as  you  do  me ; 
Ere  long,  and  you  will  lay  as  low, 
And  others  stand,  and  look  on  thee." 


On  an  unknown  person  : — 

'  "Without  a  name,  for  ever  senseless,  dumb, 
Dust,   ashes,  naught  else,  lies  within  this_  tomb. 
Where'er  I  lived,  or  died,  it  matters  not : 
To  whom  related  or  by  whom  begot. 
I  was,  but  am  not,  ask  no  more  of  me — 
It's  all  I  am,  and  all  that  thou  shalt  be." 


Swift  having  been  applied  to  for  an  epitaph  to  the 
memory  of  a  member  of  the  Kildare  family,  wrote 
as  follows : — 

"  Who  killed  Kildare  ?  wlio  dared  Kildare  to  hill  ? 
Death  hilled  Kildare — who  dare  Kill  whom  he  will." 


In  Claybrooke  church,  Leicestershire,   on  C.  Dicey, 
Esq.  (by  Hannah  Moore) : — 


492 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


1  0  thou,  or  friend  or  stranger,  who  shalt  tread 
These  solemn  mansions  of  the  silent  dead ! 
Think,  when  this  record  to  enquiring  eyes 
No  more  shall  tell  the  spot  where  Dicey  lies  ; 
When  this  frail  marble,  faithless  to  its  trust, 
Mould'ring  itself,  resigns  its  moulder'd  dust : 
When  time  shall  fail  and  nature's  self  decay; 
And  earth,  and  sun,  and  skies  dissolve  away : 
Thy  soul,  this  consummation  shall  survive, 
Defy  the  wreck,  and  but  begin  to  live. 
This  truth,  long  slighted,  let  these  ashes  teach, 
Tho'  cold,  instruct  you,   and  tho'  silent   preach! 
0  pause  !  reflect,  repent,  resolve,  amend  ! 
Life  has  no  length,  Eternity  no  end." 


At  Edenbridge,  Kent : — 


"  Vain  are  the  joys  we  fondly  prize 
In  life's  uncertain  state, 
Time  swiftly  flies — man  quickly  dies, 
And  all  must  yield  to  fate." 


Beneath  this  earthly  silent  sod 

Lies  one  who  firmly  trusted  in  her  God." 


"  What  is  man's  life,  'tis  as  a  flower, 
Looks  fresh  and  dies  within  an  hour. 
How  frail  is  man — how  short  his  breath, 
In  midst  of  life  we  are  in  death." 


At  Gunwalloe,  near  Helstone,  in  Cornwall  (it  may  be 
read  either  backwards  or  forwards,  up  or  down) : — 


493 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Shall  we  all  die  ? 
We  shall  die  all : 
All  die  shall  we  ? 
Die  all  we  shall : 


In  St.  Michael's  churchyard,  Crooked  lane 

"  Here  iyeth,  wrapt  in  clay, 
The  body  of  William  Weay, 
I  have  no  more  to  say." 


Fea^e  Fey,  of  Christian- ATalford,  "Wiltshire,"  whose 
bones  repose  undisturbed  in  the  churchyard  of  his  native 
Tillage,  wrote  for  himself  the  following  epitaph  : — 

"  Here  lies  I 
Who  did  die  : 

I  He  did 
As  I  die  did. 
Old  Feank  Fey 
When  the  worms  comes, 
To  pick  up  the  crumbs, 
They'll  have  in  I 
A  rare  Feank  Fey." 


Died  at  Primrose  cottage,  High  Wycombe,  Bucks, 
Mr.  John  Guy,  aged  64.  His  remains  were  interred  in 
a  brick  grave  in  Hughenden  churchyard,  near  Wycombe. 
On  a  marble  slab,  on  the  lid  of  the  coffin,  was  the 
foHowing  inscription  : — 

"Here,  without  nail  or  shroud,  doth  He, 
Or  covered  by  a  pall,  John  Guy. 
Born  May  17th,  1773. 
Died 24th,  1837." 

On  his  gravestone  the  foHowing  lines  are  inscribed : — 


494 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


"In  coffin  made  without  a  nail, 

"Without  a  shroud  his  limbs  to  hide  ; 
For  what  can  pomp  or  show  avail, 
Or  velvet  pall,  to  swell  the  pride. 
Here  lies  John  Gut  beneath  this  sod, 
Who  lov'd  his  friends  and  fear'd  his  God." 

This  gentleman's  grave  and  coffin  were  made,  under  his 
directions,  more  than  twelve  months  before  his  death : 
the  inscription  on  the  tablet  on  his  coffin,  and  the  lines 
placed  upon  his  gravestone,  were  his  own  composition. 
He  gave  all  necessary  orders  for  the  conducting  of  his 
funeral,  and  sums  of  5s.  6d.  were  wrapped  in  separate 
piecesof  paper  for  each  of  the  bearers. — The  Mirror,  1837. 


In  Berkeley  churchyard,  Gloucestershire : — 

"Look  not  mournfully  into  the  Past,  It  comes  not  back 

again. 
Wisely  improve  the  Present,  It  is  thine. 
Go  forth  to  meet  the  shadowy  Future,  without  fear,  and 

with  a  manly  heart." 


For  Eobeet  Aikin,  Esq.  (by  Eobert  Burns) : — 
"  Know  thou,  0  stranger  to  the  fame 
Of  this  much  lov'd,  much  honour' d  name  ! 
(For  none  that  knew  him  need  be  told) 
A  warmer  heart  death  ne'er  made  cold." 


On  Wee  Johnie  (by  Burns)  : — 

"  Hie  jacet  wee  Johnie. 
Whoe'er  thou  art,  0  reader,  know 
That  death  has  murder' d  Johnie  ! 

An  here  his  body  lies  fu'  low, 

For  saul  he  ne'er  had  ony." 


495 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


At  Folkestone,  in  Kent.  On  a  tombstone  is  the  fol- 
lowing inscription,  lately  renovated  -with  much  care, 
that  it  may  not  be  lost  to  the  rising  generation  : — 

"In  iTemory  of 

Rebecca   Rogers, 

who  died,  August  23rd,  1688,  aged  44  years. 

"A  House  she  hath,  its  made  of  such  good  Fashion, 
The  Tenant  ne'er  shall  pay  for  Reparation, 
K or  will  her  Landlord  ever  raise  her  Rent, 
Nor  turn  her  out  of  doors  for  non-payment : 
From  Chimney-money  too,  this  Cell  is  free ; 
To  such  a  House,  who  would  not  Tenant  be." 


In  Brandeston  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"Sacred. 
Gentle  Reader,  as  you  pass 
Observe  who  lyeth  here  ;  alas  ! 
At  66  his  fate  he  met, 
His  sun  did  on  the  morning  set, 
A  useful  neighbour  to  the  feeble 
And  faithful  friend  was  WiLLm-  Keable. 
October  the  29th  seal'd  his  fate, 
1838,  the  Christian's  date." 


In  a  churchyard  of  one  of  the  parishes  of  Walsall, 

Staffordshire  : — 

"Reader!  if  thou  art  an  inhabitant  of  the  Foreign 
of  Walsall,  know  that  the  dust  beneath  thy  feet  was 
imprisoned  in  thy  cause,  because  he  refused  to  incorpo- 
rate the  poor-rates  of  the  Foreign  of  Walsall,  and  those 
of  the  Borough  of  Walsall.  His  resistance  was  success- 
ful.    Reader  !  the  benefit  is  thine." 


In  Hampshire : — 

"  Here  lies  poor  Teddy  ; 
Death  took  his  hand,  and  said  he, 
Oh!  Oh!  John." 


496 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


In  Norfolk  :— 

"Here  lies  Matthew  Mud 
Death  did  him  no  hurt 
"When  alive  he  was  mud 
And  now  dead  he's  but  dirt.1* 


The  following  epitaph  was  found  among  the  papers 
of  an  old  man,  named  John  So,  who  passed  a  great 
part  of  his  life  in  obscurity,  near  Port  Glasgow.  The 
handwriting  leads  to  the  conclusion  that  it  was  written 
by  himself : — 

"  So  died  John  So 
So  so  did  he  so  ? 
So  did  he  live 
And  so  did  he  die  ! 
So  so  did  he  so 
And  so  let  him  lie." 


The  grave  of  Addison.  Joseph  Addison  was  buried 
in  the  North  aisle  of  Henry  VII.  Chapel,  near  to  Queens 
Mary  and  Elizabeth,  where  a  stone  has  just  been  placed 
over  his  grave  (Nov.  1856),  bearing  the  following 
inscription  : — 

"  ADDISON. 

Near  to  these  chambers,  where  the  mighty  rest, 
Since  their  foundation  came  a  nobler  guest ; 
Nor  ere  was  to  the  bowers  of  bliss  conveyed, 
A  fairer  spirit,  or  more  welcome  shade. 
Oh !  gone  for  ever — take  this  last  adieu, 
And  sleep  in  peace  next  thy  lov'd  Montesquieu ! 

Born  1672;  died  1719." 


At  the  north-west  corner  of  Chichester  Cathedral,  is 
a  vault  belonging  to  Mr.  Guy,  in  the  centre  of  which  is 
a  fine  piece  of  sculpture.      On  a  pedestal  is  represented 

497  it 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Time,  in  a  sitting  posture,  holding  an  hour  glass  in  his 
left  hand.  The  right  hand  extended,  on  which  are 
inscribed  the  following  lines  : — 

"Here,  doubtless,  many  a  trifler  on  the  brink 

Of  this  world's  hazardous  and  headlong  shore, 
Forc'd  to  a  pause,  will  feel  it  good  to  think, 
Told  that  his  setting  sun  may  rise  no  more  1 

Ye  self  deceived  !  could  I  prophetic  say 
Who  next  is  fated,  and  who  next  shall  fall, 

The  rest  might  then  seem  privileged  to  play ; 
But  naming  none,  Time's  voice  here  speaks  to  all ! 

Learn  then  ye  living !  by  the  mouths  be  taught 
Of  all  these  sepulchres,  instruction  true — 

That  soon  or  late,  death  also  is  your  lot, 

And  the  next  opening  grave  may  yawn  for  you  !" 

At  the  farther  end  of  the  vault  the  word  Death  is 
engraved  on  a  black  marble  slab. 


In  Parham  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"John  G.  Feost  died  May  28th,  1844,  aged  57  years. 

Reader  !  pause  awhile,  you  see  I'm  gone 

To  lie  and  moulder  underneath  this  stone. 

A  short  time  since  I  was  alive  like  thee, 

But  now  I'm  in  a  vast  eternity. 

"What  road  you  are  now  in  consider  well, 

There's  only  one  to  Heaven,   and  one  to  Hell. 

You  must  repent,  you  must  be  born  again, 

Or  all  your  hopes  of  heaven  will  be  in  vain." 


In  Bremhill  churchyard,  Wilts.     On  John  Harding, 
aged  84  (by  the  Rev.  W.  L.  Bowles) : — 

"Lay  down  thy  pilgrim's  staff  upon  this  heap 
And  till  the  morning  of  redemption  sleep, 
Old  way-farer  of  earth  !  From  youth  to  age, 
Long,  but  not  weary,  was  thy  pilgrimage  ; 


498 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


Thy  Christian  pilgrimage,  for  truth  and  prayer 

Alone  enabled  thee  some  grief  to  bear. 

Left  in  old  age,  without  a  husband's  aid, 

Thy  wife  shall  pray  beside  thee  to  be  laid  : 

For  more  than  a  kind  father  didst  thou  prove, 

To  fourteen  children  of  her  faithful  love. 

May  future  fathers  of  the  village  trace 

The  same  sure  path  to  the  same  resting  place : 

And  future  sons,  taught  in  their  youth  to  save,* 

Learn  that  first  lesson  from  a  poor  man's  grave !  " 


On  a  man  of  the  name  of  Fish  : — 

Worms  bait  for  fish ;  but  here's  a  sudden  change, 
Fish's  bait  for  worms — is  not  that  passing  strange." 


Wells,  the  master  of  the  celebrated  Bear  Gardens  at 
Hockley-in-the-Hole,  succeeded  Christopher  Preston,  as 
master.  Preston  had  taught  his  bears  almost  every 
thing  but  forgiveness  of  injuries ;  so  one  day  they 
attacked,  overthrew,  killed,  and  almost  devoured  this 
sovereign  of  the  bears,  before  his  friends  could  fly  to  his 
aid:  this  was  in  1709.  It  was  upon  Wells's  successor 
as  sovereign  of  Hockley-in-the-Hole,  that  the  following 
epitaph  was  made  : — 

"  Shed,  0  ye  combatants,  a  flood  of  tears ; 
Howl  all  ye  dogs  ;  roar  all  ye  bulls  and  bears, 
Ye  butchers  weep  ;  for  ye,  no  doubt  are  grievers, 
And  sound  his  loss  with  marrow-bones  and  cleavers. 
Wells  is  no  more  !  yet  death  has  been  so  kind 
That  he  hath  left  the  bulls  and  bears  behind." 


Inscribed  on  the  tomb  of  Thomas  Aebott  Hamilton", 
who  died  in  1788,  in  the  churchyard  of  JSTewport-Pag- 
nell,  Bucks  (by  Wm.  Cowper) : — 


From  £100  left  liim  by  his  father  when  a  lad,  he  saved  £400. 

499 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


Pause  here,  and  think ;  a  monitory  rhyme 
Demands  one  moment  of  thy  fleeting  time. 

Consult  life's  silent  clock,  thy  bounding  vein; 
Seems  it  to  say — '  Health  here  has  long  to  reign  ? ' 
Hast  thou  the  vigour  of  thy  youth  ?  an  eye 
That  beams  delight  ?  a  heart  untaught  to  sigh  ? 
Yet  fear.     Youth,  oftimes  healthful  and  at  ease, 
Anticipates  a  day  it  never  sees ; 
And  many  a  tomb,  like  Hamilton's,  aloud 
Exclaims,  '  Prepare  thee  for  an  early  shroud.'  " 


On  Mr.  Chestee,  of  Chichely  (by  "Wm.  Cowper) : — 

Tears  flow,  and  cease  not,  where  the  good  man  lies, 
Till  all  who  knew  him  follow  to  the  skies. 
Tears  therefore  fall  where  Chestee' s  ashes  sleep ; 
Him,  wife,  friends,  brothers,  children,  servants  weep, 
And  justly — few  shall  ever  him  transcend 
As  husband,  parent,  brother,  master,  friend." 


In  Easton  churchyard,  Suffolk : — 

"  William   Cotton, 

of  this  Parish, 

"Who  was  the  last  Male  branch 

of  an  old  and  respectable  family 

In  this  County. 

He  died  on  the  21st  of  Jan.  1821, 

In  the  76th  year  of  his  age. 

In  adverse  hour  he  show'd  a  Christian  mind 
To  Man  forgiving,  and  to  God  resigned. 
Exempt  himself  from  malice,  fraud  and  strife, 
More  sinn'd  against  than  sinning  was  his  life. 
His  soul  a  treasure  fit  for  heavenly  weal, 
"Where  moth  nor  rust  corrupt,  nor  thieves  break  thro' 
and  steal." 


In  Bremhill    churchyard,    on  an  old  church-going 
parishioner  (by  Kev.  W.  L.  Bowles)  : — 


500 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


;  Reader,  this  heap  of  earth — this  grave- stone  mark, 
Here  lie  the  last  remains  of  poor  Jomsr  Daek  ! 
Five  years  beyond  man's  age  he  liv'd,  and  trod 
This  path  each  sabbath  to  the  House  of  God. 
From  youth  to  age — nor  ever  from  his  heart, 
Did  that  best  prayer  our  Saviour  taught  depart. 
At  his  last  hour  with  lifted  hands  he  cried, 
'  Thy  Kingdom  come — thy  will  be  done,'  and  died." 


With  deepest'thoughts,  spectator  view  thy  fate, 
Thus  mortals  pass  to  an  immortal  state." 


In  "Wingfield  churchyard,  Suffolk  : — 

"  Blame  not  the  monumental  stone  we  raise  ; 
'Tis  to  the  Saviour's,  not  the  sinner's  praise  ; 
Sin  was  the  whole  that  she  could  call  her  own, 
Her  good  was  all  deriv'd  from  Him  alone  : 
To  sin,  her  conflicts,  pains  and  griefs  she  owed, 
Her  conquering  faith  and  patience  He  bestowed. 
Reader  !  may'st  thou  obtain  like  precious  faith 
To  smile  in  anguish,  and  rejoice  in  death." 


In  Brading  churchyard,  Isle  of  Whight : — 

"Forgive,  blest  shade,  the  tributary  tear 

That  mourns  thy  exit  from  a  world  like  this : 
Forgive  the  wish  that  would  have  kept  thee  here, 
And  stay'd  thy  progress  to  the  seat  of  bliss. 

No  more  confin'd  to  grov'ling  scenes  of  night, 
JSTo  more  a  tenant  pent  in  mortal  clay  : 

Now  should  we  rather  hail  thy  glorious  flight 
And  trace  thy  journey  to  the  realms  of  day." 


501 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


In  Peterborough  Cathedral  graveyard  : — 

"  In  memory  of  Robert  Stevens, 
who   died   Alay   31,    1795,    aged   34. 

"  Youth  Builds  for  Age — Age  Builds  for  Rest, 
They  who  Build  for  Heaven  Build  Best." 


In  Darley  churchyard,  Derbyshire  : — 

"  In  memory  of  Jon>-  Somerset,  who  died  June,  1841, 
aged  60.  , 

Encomium  of  the  dead  is  mockery;  the  last  great  day 
alone  will  wipe  all  colouring  off,  and  shew  each  man 
in  his  real  character." 


For  a  country  Schoolmistress  : — 

"  Here  lies  a  dame  whom  fate  ordained 
By  certain  requisites  unnamed, 

To  instruct  her  generation. 
'Twas  hers  to  give  the  rustic  youth, 
By  methods  rigid  and  uncouth, 

The  village  education. 

Her  plans  to  ancient  plans  allied, 
To  gain  this  end  she  harshly  plied, 

(So  stubborn  was  the  soil) 
Hard  blows  and  threats,  and  raving  loud 
To  awe  the  young  rebellious  crowd, 

And  aid  tuition's  toil. 

Now  all  her  puny  passion  o'er, 
No  longer  she  locks  up  the  door, 

To  keep  her  scholars  in, 
For  she  within  this  dungeon  drear, 
Shall  sleep  through  many  a  distant  year, 

Nor  ever  storm  again. 

No  nattering  marble  marks  this  spot, 
To  insinuate  her  future  lot, 

Or  tell  her  age  and  name. 


502 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


Yet  if  no  tombstone  tells  her  tale, 
Our  own  remembrance  ne'er  shall  fail, 
To  her  'tis  all  the  same." 


Vault  of  Sir  John  Strange,  master  of  the  rolls, 
in  Leyton  churchyard,  near  London.  This  vault  though 
of  great  dimensions,  is  plain  in  its  architecture,  and 
surrounded  by  palisades  which  enclose  a  large  extent 
of  ground.     The  inscription  is  as  follows  : — 

"  In  this  Vault  lie  the  Eemains  of  the  Eight  Honble. 
Sir  John  Strange,  The  Master  of  the  Rolls,  and  one  of 
his  Majesty's  most  Honble.  Privy  Council,  who  by  great 
natural  abilities,  assisted  by  an  unwearied  application  to 
the  Profession  of  the  Law,  arrived  at  such  eminence, 
that  on  the  9th  of  Feb.  1735,  he  was  appointed  one  of 
his  Majesty's  Council  learned  in  the  Law,  and  on  the 
28th of  Jan.  1736,  Solicitor  General;  whilst  in  that 
Honourable  Office  under  the  Crown,  He  was  so  highly 
esteemed  by  the  Citizens  of  his  native  City  that  at  their 
request  he  became  Eecorder  of  London  on  the  13th  of 
Nov.,  1739. 

On  his  Eesignation  of  these  employments  in  the  year 
1742,  Sis  Majesty,  as  a  peculiar  mark  of  his  Eegard, 
honoured  him  with  a  Patent  to  take  place  for  life  next 
to  his  Attorney  General,  and  on  the  11th  of  January, 
1749,  was  pleased  to  advance  him  to  the  high  and  im- 
portant Office  of  Master  of  the  Rolls  ;  the  Eevenue  of 
which,  soon  after  his  promotion,  received  from  Parlia- 
ment, unsought  by  him,  a  very  considerable  and  equally 
Honourable  Augmentation.  By  a  faithful  Discharge  of 
the  different  Stations  which  he  so  ably  and  worthily 
filled,  he  conciliated  to  him  the  Favour  of  his  Sovereign, 
and  the  Esteem  of  his  country;  the  true  Summit  of 
honourable  and  laudable  Ambition ! — Such  was  his 
Public  Life. 

Great  and  amiable  were  the  Virtues  of  his  Private 
and  Domestic  character,  which  will  ever  endear  the 
remembrance  of  Him  to  the  Hearts  of  all  who  knew 
him,  and  to  those  who  had  not  that  happiness,  suffice  it 
to  say,  that  by  a  serious  and  constant  performance  of 
every  Eeligious  Duty,  He  was  an  inviting  Example  of 


503 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


true  Christian  Piety.  In  the  Social  Duties  He  excelled 
as  a  Son,  an  Husband,  a  Father,  a  Brother,  a  Eriend, 
and  a  Master.  He  died  full  of  Honours,  tho'  not  of 
Years,  to  the  general  Regret  of  good  Men,  and  to  the 
inexpressible  Loss  and  Affliction  of  his  Family,  on  the 
18th  of  May,  1754,  in  the  58th  year  of  his  age. 

He  married  Susanna,  Eldest  Daughter  and  co-heir  of 
Edward  Strong,  of  Greenwich,  in  the  county  of  Kent, 
Esq.  She  was  a  Dutiful  and  Affectionate  Wife,  a  tender 
Mother,  and  a  Charitable,  Religious,  and  good  Christian. 
She  died  the  21st  of  January,  1747,  in  the  46th  year  of 
her  age,  and  lies  interred  in  this  vault.  By  her  he  was 
blessed  with  a  numerous  Issue,  of  which  Two  Sons  and 
Seven  Daughters  survived  him. 


Since  the  letter  concerning  the  burial  place  of  Samuel 
Rogers  (page  322)  was  printed,  we  have  copied  the 
following  from  the  same  paper  in  which  that  letter 
appeared : — 

"  The  plain  Monumental  Structure  over  the  vault  of 
the  Rogers'  family,  in  Hornsey  Churchyard,  has  received 
an  interesting  addition  to  its  mortuary  inscriptions.  It 
records  the  date  of  birth  and  death  of  the  poet,  adding 
that  he  was  '  Author  of  the  Pleasures  of  Memory,'  with- 
out, however,  specifying  to  what  class  of  literature  the 
work  belongs." 


In  Halstead  churchyard,  Essex,  is  an  iron  tomb,  on 
which  the  only  inscription  is  the  emphatic  word 

"  Silence  !  " 


504 


INDEX. 


IITDEX  . 

A,  Sarah 

PAGE 

.      251 

Atterbury,  Bishop 

P  V&E 

.       110 

A  youth 

.       163 

Atterbury,  Miss 

.       110 

Abbott,  Thomas 

.       178 

Attorney  at  Law,  on  an 

.      180 

Abercromby,  Lieut.  Gen 

63 

Austen,  Jane   . 

.      308 

Abernethy,  Dr.  John 

.       190 

Austen,  Rev.  John 

.      127 

Adams,  John 

94 

Azar,  King  Ezman 

3 

Adams,  John 

.      359 

Adams,  Joseph 

.      471 

Babington,   Dr.  Willian 

t      184 

Addison,  Joseph 

.      497 

Bacon,  Ann 

155 

iEschylus 

.      325 

Bacon,  John     . 

412 

Aikin,  Robert 

495 

Bacon,  "William 

99 

Alencon,  Duke  of 

444 

Badham,  Margaret 

222 

Alexander  the  Great 

3 

Baker,  on  a 

452 

Allegri,  Gregoris 

209 

Baker,  John     . 

244 

Allestree,  Epitaph  at 

467 

Baker,  Priscilla 

244 

Alma,  Monument  on  th< 

Bakewell,  Epitaph  at 

153 

field  of 

79 

Balfour,   John 

93 

An  honest  man 

177 

Bailie,  Lady  Grisell 

261 

Anacreon 

324 

Bammont,  Mary 

224 

Andre's  tomb  in  America 

Bananomi,  Ida 

212 

Major 

34 

Banks,  Sir  Joseph 

308 

Andre's  tomb  in  West 

Banks,  Thomas 

413 

minster  Abbey 

35 

Barham,  James 

439 

Andrews,  James 

155 

Barington,  Samuel 

461 

Ann,  Lady 

373 

Barly,  Susannah 

248 

Ansley,  Nicholas 

397 

Barnaby,  Sarah 

220 

Antrobus,  Mary 

310 

Bartleman,  David 

97 

Apple waite,  Bridget 

176 

Barton,  Bernard 

288 

Archimedes 

414 

Bastoul,  General 

36 

Aretin,  Leonard 

335 

Bates,  Ely 

305 

Aretine,  Peter 

329 

Batte,  Joseph  . 

216 

Arkwright,   Sir  Richard 

425 

Bayley,  John   . 

214 

Arkwright,  Richard 

425 

Beach,  Mary     . 

213 

Arnauld,  Anthony 

333 

Beard,  John 

207 

Arthur,  Prince 

21 

Beauchamp,  Earl  of 

408 

Ashford,  Mary                 i 

93 

Beauclerk,  Lord  Aubrey 

31 

Ashton,  Mr. 

484 

Beaumont,  Erancis 

285 

Askew,  Ann 

340 

Behn,  Aphra    . 

289 

Atkinson,  Mary 

212 

Bellot,  Lieutenant 

73 

Atkinson,  Mary 

473 

Bellot,  Lieutenant 

73 

505 


EPITAPHS.  ETC. 

r  >.GE 

Bellot,  Lieutenant 

74 

Brookson,  Benjamin      r. 

1-2 

Beneath  this  earthly 

.       493 

Brother  John 

3.50 

Benson,  Bishop 

109 

Browne,  Sir  Thomas,  M .  D . 

1-1 

Berkeley,  Epitaph  at 

.       495 

Brace,  Jaine3   . 

Berkshire,  Epitaph  in 

148 

Brunning,  John 

347 

Berry,  John 

402 

Brunswick.?,      over     the 

Bexhill.  Epitaph  at 

.       151 

vault  of  the 

17 

Bideford,  Epitaph  at 

.       102 

Buckingham,      Edmund, 

Billings,  William 

341 

Duke  of 

159 

Billingsley,  Richard 

101 

Buckingham,      Sheffield, 

Bird,  Edward   . 

194 

Duke  of 

286 

Bird,  Mrs. 

194 

Buckingham,        Till. 

Birmingham,  Epitaph  a 

:      353 

Duke  of 

383 

Blackett,  Joseph 

455 

Buller,  Rt.  Hon.  Charle3 

405 

Blake,  Admiral 

77 

Bunbury,  Annabella 

225 

Blakemere,  Epitaph  at 

172 

Buonaparte,  Charles 

428 

Blakwell,  Bobert 

481 

Buonaparte's  tomb  at  St. 

Blandford,  Mrs. 

259 

Helena 

17 

Bh53,  Rev.  Nathaniel 

.      418 

Buonaparte's      tomb     in 

17 

Bloomfield,  Bobert 

320 

Paris 

17 

Blucher,  Marshal 

41 

Buonaparte,       Duke     of 

Boardman,  Kev.  Richarc 

133 

Reichstadt    . 

17 

Bobbin,  Tim 

253 

Burdett,   Eleonara 

309 

Bobbin,  Mary 

2o3 

Burgess,  Captain 

58 

Bodger,  Samuel 

81 

.    ss    Mary 

472 

Bolingbroke,  Lord    Vise 

395 

Burgoin,  Wild 

4^9 

Bolingbroke,  Viscountes 

j      396 

Burke,  Rt.  Hon.  Edmund 

Bond,  Mary 

237 

Burke,  Mrs. 

3-5 

Bond,    Thorn aa 

237 

Burke,  Bichard 

385 

Bonde,  Thomas 

4-4 

Burke,  Bichard 

3-5 

Boon,   Eleanor 

227 

Burns,  Mr. 

301 

Boothby,  Sir  Brook 

240 

Burns,  Bobert 

300 

Boothby,  Dame  Phebe 

240 

Burton,  Bev.  Bobert 

126 

Boothby,  Penelope 

151 

Bury  St.  Edmunds,    Epi- 

Boscawen, Admiral 

27 

taph  at 

357 

Bosworth,  William 

294 

Burying  ground  at  Chelsea 

339 

Boucher,    Bev.  Jonathar 

124 

Busby,  Thomaa 

Bourbon,  Constable 

29 

Butler,  Capt.  Charles 

60 

Bowden,  B 

353 

Butler,  Capt.  Henry 

Bowen,  Matilda 

148 

Boiler,  Capt.  James 

CO 

E  j  ires ,    Maj  or  General 

58 

Butler,  Samuel 

273 

Bowles,  Bev.  W.  Lisle 

129 

Butler,  lines  on  his  mon- 

Boxer,  Thomas 

88 

ur.. 

273 

Bradley.  Dr.  James 

418 

Byng,  Admiral  John 

447 

Brandeston,    Epitaph    ai 

162 

Byron,  the  2nd  Lord 

Branioy,  Bebecca 

229 

..  Lord  Noel 

291 

Brassgirdle,  Bev.  J. 

126 

..  Lord  Noel 

Brawne,       the     Cornisr. 

L 

Byron,     wishes    relating 

beggar 

337 

to  his  Epitaph 

292 

Bre:v                      h  at 

1.54 

Bywater,  Mr. 

466 

.ht,   Ellen 

98 

Brinkley,  Benjamin 

Cadogan,  Col.  . 

42 

Bristol,  Epitaph  near 

hi 

.  Dr.  John 

186 

Brock.  Major  General 

29 

CamberwelL     on  2  chil- 

Bronlly, Epitaph  at 

" 

dren  at 

145 

Brooke,  Ralph 

305 

Camden,  William 

INDEX. 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Cameron,   Dr.  Archibald 

189 

Churchyard,  James 

.      241 

Camerton,  Epitaph  at 

470 

Churchyard,  Sophia 

.      241 

Camoens,  Louis  de 

334 

Clapton,  Epitaph  at 

.      172 

Campbell,  Thomas 

321 

Clarke,  Mrs.  Mary 

.      186 

Campden,  Rev.  John 

128 

Clarke,  Robert 

.      467 

Canham,  Susannah 

162 

Clarke,  William 

.      344 

Canning,  Rt.  Hon.  Geo. 

404 

Clarke,  William 

344 

Canning,  George  Charles 

405 

Clarke's  the  2 

406 

Captain             .            .    . 

94 

Clarkson,  Thomas 

306 

Carey,  Rev.  Wm. 

122 

Clay,  Cecil 

.      310 

Carnagie,  Johnie 

297 

Clayton,  Lieutenant 

57 

Caroline,  Queen 

16 

Clements,  William 

.      171 

Carr,  Rev.  Samuel 

127 

Clergyman,  on  a  country 

r      118 

Cart wright,  Major 

54 

Clerke,  Captain 

41 

Cartwright,  Mrs. 

54 

Clifford,  Rosamond 

430 

Castlereagh,  Lord 

387 

Clive,  Catherine 

.      203 

Cave,  Joseph 

314 

Clive,  Catherine 

.      204 

Cave,  Theophilus 

477 

Coalheaver,  on  a 

.      455 

Cave,  William 

314 

Cobbett,  William 

.      410 

Caverswall,   "William   de 

4^6 

Cobbett,  Mrs. 

.      410 

Chalconer,  Sir  Thomas    . 

348 

Cobbler,  on  a  drunken 

.      359 

Chandler,  George 

88 

Cobbler,  on  a  drunken 

.      461 

Chandos,  Duchess  of 

423 

Cobbold,  Marion  Edith 

142 

Chantrey,  Sir  Francis     . 

413 

Cock,  Jane 

228 

Chapman,  George 

311 

Cole,  Bridget   . 

365 

Charlemagne,  King 

4 

Cole,  Rev.  William 

139 

Charlemagne,  the  Queen  of 

4 

Coleridge,  Samuel  Tayloi 

302 

Charles  the  I. 

10 

Colling  wood,  Adm.  Lore 

L        51 

Charles  the  I. 

11 

Collins,  William 

291 

Charles  the  II. 

11 

Columbui,  Christopher 

85 

Charles  the  VII.  King  of 

Combe,  John 

363 

France 

7 

Combe,   John 

363 

Charles  the  Bold's  army 

31 

Congreve,  William 

288 

Charlotte's     child,      the 

Coningsby,  Lord 

441 

Princess 

20 

Cook,  Eliza 

163 

Chartres,  Francis 

440 

Cook,  Susan     . 

219 

Chatham,  Earl  of 

386 

Cooke,  Captain  John 

43 

Chatterton,  Thomas 

293 

Cooke,  Thomas 

.      215 

Chaucer,  Geoffrey 

269 

Cooper,  Sir.  A.  Ashley 

187 

Cheltenham,  Epitaph  at 

149 

Copernicus,  Nicholas 

414 

Chester,  Mr.     . 

500 

Corbet,  Mrs.     . 

262 

Chigwell,  Epitaph  at 

92 

Cordy,  Elizabeth 

170 

Child,  on  a 

148 

Cordy,  John 

468 

Children,   on  3 

151 

Cork,  Earl  of   . 

380 

Children,  numerous  fami- 

Cornwall, Captain 

50 

lies  of 

348 

Cornwallis,  Marquis 

35 

Chiswick,  Epitaph  at 

354 

Corret,   D'auvergne 

54 

Christchurch,  Epitaph  at 

350 

Coster,  Claude 

469 

Christchurch    Cathedral, 

Cotton,  Rev.  John 

133 

Epitaph  at    t 

478 

Cotton,  William 

500 

Chumleigh,  Epitaph  at   . 

470 

Couple,  on  a  loving 

240 

Church    Crettow,      Epi- 

Couple, on  a  quarrelsome 

►      236 

taph  at 

175 

Coverdale,  Bishop 

111 

Churchgoing  Parishioner, 

Cowley,  Abram 

271 

on  a 

500 

Cowley,  Abram 

272 

Churchill,  Charles 

282 

Cowper,  William 

280 

507 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Cowper,  Mrs. 

.      231 

Eliza) 

.      117 

Crabbe,  Rev.  George 

.      127 

Drayton,  Michael 

.       270 

Craggs,  James 

.      393 

Drelincourt,     Rev.  Deal 

1       112 

Crauford,  Maj,  Gen. 

72 

Drew,  Sarah 

95 

Creamer,  Rebecca 

347 

Drummer,  on  a 

84 

Crispe,  Sir  Nicholas 

12 

Drunkard,  on  a 

.       361 

Croker,   Thomas  Croftoi 

l      302 

Dryden,  John 

.       275 

Cromwell,  Oliver 

.      378 

Duff,  Captain    . 

54 

Cross,  Philip  Shall 

-      179 

Dun,  Cornelius  Van 

26 

Crossfield,  Dr.  Thomas 

.       183 

Duncan,  Admiral  Lord 

48 

Cuckow,  John 

.      492 

Dundas,  Major  General 

24 

Cullam,  Sarah 

.      149 

Dyer,  Sir  William 

.       244 

Cumming,     Capt.     ¥m 

78 

Dyers,  the  3 

.      458 

Cunningham,  John 

.      267 

f!nrvan     IXTtq 

230 

E            S 

86 
.       150 

Cutbush,  William 

73 

Eaton.  Richard  F. 

Cyrus,  King  of  Persia 

2 

Edenbridge,  Epitaph  at 

.       493 

Edward  the  I. 

6 

Dale,  and  his  two  wives 

p 

Edward  the  V. 

8 

John 

250 

Edward  the  VI. 

8 

Dal  ton,  Major 

61 

Edward  the  Black  Princ< 

3          19 

Dante 

334 

Edwin,  John 

206 

Danvers,  Sir  Joseph 

41 

Ehrensword,  Earl  of 

33 

Darius,  King  of  Persia 

2 

Eldon,  Earl  of 

400 

Darling,  Grace 

432 

Eldon,  Countess  of 

401 

Darling,  Grace 

433 

Eidred,  Charles 

90 

Darling,  James 

351 

Elizabeth,  Queen 

9 

Daughter,  on  a  dutiful 

147 

Ellis,  Mary 

337 

Davies,  Ann 

216 

Eltham,  Epitaph  at 

224 

Davies,  Rev.  George 

120 

Emery,  John 

462 

Day,  Thomas 

279 

Ennuis  Quintus 

335 

Dealtry,  Dr.  John 

190 

Epaminondas 

33 

Death,   Mr, 

197 

Epictetus 

325 

Delamotte,  Jane 

256 

Epicure,    on  an 

360 

Demosthenes     . 

324 

Epigrammatic  Epitaph 

455 

Desaix,  General 

38 

Epitaph 

264 

Dicey,  C. 

492 

Epitaph,  a  literary 

298 

Dickson,  Mr.     . 

437 

Epitaph 

477 

Digby,  Mary 

156 

Ercall,  Epitaph  at 

490 

Digby,  Hon.  Robert 

156 

Ere  sin  could  blight 

150 

Dilly,  Thomas 

.      219 

Erskine,  Mrs. 

443 

Dister,   Allaine 

451 

Etherington,   Sir  Thomas 

438 

DixoD,    George 

484 

Euripides 

326 

Dodd,  Robert 

90 

Evelyn,  John    . 

301 

Dodsley,  Robert 

272 

Evelyn,  Mrs.     . 

301 

Dolman,  Miss 

277 

Eyam,  Epitaph  at 

468 

Dominique 

199 

Donald  and  his  Wife 

248 

F            W 

168 

Dorchester,  Epitaph  at     . 

98 

Fair  Flower 

143 

Dorset,  Earl  of 

392 

Fairbones,  Sir  Palmes 

66 

Dove,  John 

360 

Fairfax,  Lady  . 

227 

Downie,  Malcolm 

92 

Falconer,  William 

286 

D'oyley,  Sir  Cope 

232 

Father  of  a  large  family 

347 

Doyle,  Martha 

232 

Father  Gripe    . 

362 

Dragoon,   on  a 

84 

Father  Sparges 

362 

Draper,     Eliza   (Sterne's 

Faulknor,  Capt.  Robert 

47 

508 


IN  DM. 


Fenton,  Elijah 

PAGE 

.       285 

Giles,  on  old 

TAGE 

.       359 

Fergusson,  Robert 

.       300 

Gillespie,   Major   General 

Fielding,  Henry 

.       275 

Gilpin,  Rev.  Bernard 

.       118 

Fielding,  Sarah 

.       294 

Gin  drinker,  on  a 

.       361 

Fitting,  Ann 

.       443 

Glemham,  Epitaph  at 

.       248 

Fish,  on  a  man  named 

.       499 

Glover,  Thomas 

.       413 

Fitzgerald,  Mrs. 

.       254 

Goddard,  Joane 

.       463 

Fletcher,  Thomas 

82 

Godfrey,  Dr.  Boyle 

.       184 

Fletcher,  John 

.       285 

Goldsmith,  Oliver 

.       298 

Floyer,  Ann 

.       230 

Gordon,    Lieut.    Col.   Si 

Fool,  on  a 

99 

Alexander 

52 

Foote,  Samuel 

.       197 

Gore,  Major  General 

54 

Foreman,  Jane 

.       226 

Gower,  John 

.       270 

Forgive  blest  shade 

501 

Grace,  Colonel 

79 

Fox,  Rt.  Hon.  C.  Jarae 

}       399 

Gray,  Alexander 

346 

Fox,  Rt.    Hon.  C.  Jame 

,       399 

Gray,  Thomas 

.       311 

Fox,  Mrs. 

400 

Gray,  Thomas 

.      311 

Fox,  Henry 

.       459 

Gray,  Dorothy 

310 

Fox,  John 

267 

Greek,  on  a  young 

161 

Foy,  General     . 

49 

Greek  epitaph 

479 

Frampton,  Mary 

370 

Green,  James 

456 

Franklin,     Dr.    Benjamir 

332 

Greenwood   Cemetery 

258 

Franklin,    Dr.    Benjamin 

332 

Greenwood,  Mrs. 

.       227 

Franklin,  Mrs. 

332 

Gregory,  Henry 

166 

Franklin,  Abiah 

333 

Grenville,  Captain 

30 

Franklin,  Josiah 

333 

Grevile,  Sir  Fulke 

392 

Freed  from  this  maze 

257 

Griffith,  Jane 

230 

French,   Col.  the  Hon.  k 

Griffiths,  George 

92 

Poer 

26 

Grim,  Mulciber 

453 

Frost,  John 

498 

Grindal,  Archbishop 

106 

Fry,  Eleanor 

368 

Groom,  George 

250 

Fry,  Frances     . 

368 

Gundred,      daughter     o 

r 

Fry,  John 

457 

William  I. 

18 

Fry,  Frank 

494 

Gunwalloe,  Epitaph  at 

493 

Fuller,  Dr.  Thomas 

116 

Gustavus  Adolphus 

10 

Fullerton,  Sir  James 

381 

Guy,  John 

494 

Fullerton,  Lady 

381 

Guy,  Mr. 

497 

Guy,  Thomas 

.     389 

Gardiner,  Col.  James 

447 

Gardiner,  Thomas 

322 

H  Elizabeth  L. 

373 

Gardner,  Ann 

217 

Hague,  Harriot 

208 

Garrett,  Hammond 

87 

Hale,  Sir  Matthew 

374 

Garrick,  David 

196 

Hall,  Bishop 

111 

Garrick,  David 

196 

Hall,  John 

448 

Garrick,  David 

197 

Hall,  Micah      . 

180 

Garrick,  Mrs. 

196 

Hall,  Mary       . 

249 

Gaskoin,  Mary 

211 

Hall,  Russell    . 

249 

Gay,  John 

277 

Halley,  Dr.  Edmund 

416 

Gay,  John        , 

278 

Hal  ley,  Mrs.      . 

417 

Gedge,  Peter    . 

418 

Halstead,  Epitaph  at 

504 

Gentle,  as  pious 

476 

Hamilton,    Elizabeth 

224 

Gentle  reader 

474 

Hamilton,  Ths.  Abbott 

499 

Gentleman  who  died  foi 

Hampden,  John 

46 

love,  on  a 

168 

Handel,  G.  Frederick 

210 

George   Henry 

248 

Hannibal 

23 

Gibbs,  Major  General 

74 

Hanway,  Jonas 

442 

509 


i 

EPITAPHS,  ETC. 

PAGE 

PAGE 

Harcourt,  Hon.  Simon 

.       169 

Hooper,  Bishop 

.       113 

Harding,  John 

.      498 

Hope,  Mrs.  Mary 

.       234 

Hardinge.  Captain 

55 

Horley,  Epitaph  on  5  per 

Hare,  Old 

355 

sons  at 

97 

Harrison,  Elizabeth 

.       220 

Home's  4  Wrives,  Mr. 

.       251 

Harvey,  Robert 

.      161 

Horsey,  Anchoret 

.       221 

Haselton,  Mary 

96 

Hoste,   Captain    WTillian 

\        28 

Havard,  Mr. 

.       206 

Hove,  Epitaph  at 

.       147 

Hawke,  Admiral  Lord 

40 

How  eloquent 

.       158 

Hay,  Major  General 

71 

How,  Humphrey 

.       220 

Hearne,  Thomas 

.       279 

How  sweet  a  thing 

.       476 

Heathfield,   Lord    (  Gen 

Howard,  John 

.       428 

Elliott) 

68 

Howard,  John 

.      428 

Heber,  Bishop 

.       109 

Howe,  Admiral  Earl 

32 

Henbury,  Epitaph  at 

.       263 

Huddlestone,  Thomas 

.      478 

Henderson,  Captain 

25 

Humble  and  his  2  Wives 

, 

Henricus,  Bishop 

.       107 

Richard 

.      260 

Henry  II. 

4 

Humbruck,  Jeems 

96 

Herbert,  Rev.  George 

.       123 

Hume,  David 

.       282 

Here  lies  a  spotless 

.       147 

Hume,  Joseph 

.       410 

Here  sweetly  sleep 

.       141 

Humphrey  and  Joan 

.       239 

Hereford  Cathedral,   Epi 

Hunt,  Harriett 

.       164 

taph  in 

.      472 

Hunt,  Mary 

.       164 

Herriott,  Elizabeth 

228 

Hunter,  Rev.  Mr. 

.       119 

Hervey,  Rev.  James 

289 

Hum,  William 

.       344 

Hesilrige,  Sir  A.  and  hi 

i 

Hurt,  Francis  Edward 

479 

two  Wives     . 

247 

Husband,  on  a 

247 

Hesketh,  Lady 

280 

Hussie,  Jasper 

.      471 

Hewetson,  Captain 

58 

Hutton,    Wm.  and    Mrs 

.      287 

Hewett,  John 

95 

Huxley,  John 

.       473 

Heyrick,   John  and  Mrs 

347 

Hyde,  John 

.      457 

Hide,  Edward 

477 

Highgate  Cemetery 

491 

If  drucs  and  physic 

165 

Hitfley,   John 

352 

Ilton,  Epitaph  at 

354 

Hill,  Captain 

69 

In  peace  she  died 

468 

Hill,  John 

165 

Incledon,  Charles 

210 

Hill,  John 

415 

Infant,  on  an 

140 

Hill,  Thomas    . 

341 

Infant,  on  an 

149 

Hill,  Mrs. 

234 

Infants,  on  2 

143 

Hilton,  Ann 

222 

Infants,  on  4 

146 

Hippsley,   John                • 

200 

Innkeeper,  on  an 

448 

Hiseland,  William 

338 

Inscription  on  a  cenotaph 

178 

Hobson,  Tobias 

430 

Instances  of  Longevity 

342 

Hobson,  Tobias 

431 

Ireland,  Epitaph  in     "     , 

354 

Hodgkins,  Mira 

150 

Irish  Epitaph 

462 

Hogarth,  William 

191 

Irish  Nell 

366 

Hogarth,  William 

191 

Irving,  Dr.  John 

187 

Hogg,  Alexander 

449 

Isnell,  Peter 

355 

Hoghton,  Major  General 

66 

It  must  be  so    . 

469 

Hollis,  Francis 

166 

Honeywood,    Rev.  Michl. 

134 

Jack  and  Joan 

242 

Honeywood,  Elizabeth    . 

233 

James  II. 

13 

Hood,  Robin 

419 

James,  Mrs. 

236 

Hood,  Robin 

419 

Jarrett,  Francis 

471 

Hood,  Thomas 

286 

Jefferson,  Thomas 

395 

Hooker,  Nicholas 

345 

Jenkins,  old  Henry 

336 

...... 

510 


INDEX. 

Jenner,  Dr.  Edward 

PAGE 

188 

Lady,  on  an  old 

PAOE 

*     366 

Jennings,  Ann 

346 

Lady,  on  an  old 

374 

Jermy,  Isaac 

102 

Lady,  on  a  tippling 

.      360 

Jermy,  Isaac  Jermy 

102 

Lady, on  a  young 

V.368 

Jermy,  Albert 

102 

Lady,  on  a  young 

374 

Jessop,  Alice 

175 

Lamb,  Thomas 

87 

Jessop,  Joanna 

175 

Lambe,  Edward 

489 

Jessop,  John 

439 

Lambe,  Henry 

352 

Joan  of  Arc 

418 

Lambe,    Wm.  and  his  1 

Jobson,  Charles 

466 

Wives 

252 

John,    King 

5 

Lander,  Richard 

422 

John,  on  Faithful 

218 

Langwerth.,    Major   Gen. 

76 

Johnie 

495 

Lawrence,  William 

164 

Johnson,    Hester  (Stella] 

115 

Lawes,  William 

209 

Johnson,  John 

451 

Lawrence,  General 

28 

Johnson,  Patience 

346 

Lawrence,  William 

221 

Johnson,  Rev.  Robert 

130 

Lawton,  Richard 

89 

Johnson,  Dr.  Samuel 

315 

Laxfield,  Epitaph  at 

150 

Johnson,  Dr.  Samuel 

316 

Le  Marchant,  Major  Gen 

78 

Johnson,  Dr.  Samuel 

317 

Lee,  Sir  Anthony 

434 

Johnson,  Dr.  Samuel 

316 

Lee,  Sir  Henry 

390 

Johnson,  Dr.  Samuel 

317 

Lee,  Major  General 

79 

Jones,  Sir  Thomas 

24 

Lee,  Susan 

154 

Jones,  Sir  William 

397 

Leeds  Old  Church,  in 

.       158 

Jones,  Sir  William 

398 

Leibnitz,     Godfrey    Wm 

415 

Jones,  William 

92 

Leicester,  Coke  Earl  of 

408 

Jonson,  Benjamin 

284 

Leicester,  Earl  of  (Elizb's 

)     377 

Jonson,  Benjamin 

285 

Leman  and  his  Wife,  R 

479 

Jordan,  Mrs. 

197 

Lempriere,  Captain 

77 

Jortin,  Dr.  John 

124 

Leofricus,  Bishop 

107 

Juby,  William  Fulcher 

155 

Let  no  proud  stone 

464 

Lewes,  Jonathan 

99 

Katerfelto,  Dr. 

279 

Lewis,  Bryant 

.       101 

Keable,  William 

496 

Leybourne,  Rebecca 

232 

Keats,  Admiral 

68 

Liar,  on  a 

364 

Keats,  John 

319 

Liar,  on  a  notorious 

364 

Keeling,  William 

67 

Liar,  on  an  inveterate 

364 

Kemp,  Tom 

98 

Lieutenant,  on  a 

40 

Kempenfelt  Admiral 

70 

Lieutenant  of  Marines,  on 

a      40 

Ken  rick,  Richard 

462 

Lilburne,  John 

487 

Kidwell,  John 

483 

Lilly,  William 

421 

Kildare 

492 

Lillywhite   the   Cricketei 

.      424 

Kingsley,  Mary  Ana 

172 

Linen  Draper,  on  an  itin- 

Kir by,  Emma 

153 

erant 

.       459 

Kneller,  Sir  Godfrey 

.       192 

Ling,  Mary 

258 

Knightsbridge,  Epitaph  a 

t      476 

Ling.  Sarah 

.       241 

Kcerner,    Chs.    Theodon 

I      327 

Ling,  William 

.       241 

Koerner,  Emma  Sophia 

328 

Linnett,  Mary 

167 

Little,  Mrs. 

259 

Lady,  on  a 

223 

Littlewood,  John 

.       262 

Lady,  on  a 

231 

Liverpool  Cemetery,  in 

.       479 

Lady,  on  a 

367 

Livy,  Titus 

.       326 

Lady,  on  a 

367 

Lloyd,  Rev.  Evan 

.       135 

Lady,  on  a  gallant 

365 

Locke,  John 

.       293 

Lady,  famed  for  her  cap 

Locksmith,   on  a  puritan 

rice,  on  a 

365 

ical 

.       456 

511 


EPITAPHS.  ETC. 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Long,  John  St.  John 

444 

Massinger,  Philip 

285 

Loste.  on  a  pair  named     . 

241 

Maton,  on  3  childrennamed     145 

Louis  XIV.,   Anecdote  of 

204 

Matsys,  Quintin 

193 

Louis  Philippe,  King 

18 

Matthews,  Charles 

205 

Love,  Eev.  Mr. 

123 

Mausolus,  King 

2 

Loving,  John 

358 

Meadows,  Charlotte 

229 

Ludlam,  Hannah 

156 

Memento  Mori 

481 

Ludlow,  General 

383 

Mercy,  Francois  de 

30 

Lulli,  John  Bapliste 

207 

Meynell,  Lieutenant 

57 

Luther,  Dr.  Martin 

134 

Middleditch,  William 

81 

Lymington,  Epitaph  at     . 

476 

Middleton,  Bishop 

112 

Lyttleton,  Lord  George    . 

228 

Military  Officer,  on  a 

37 

Lyttleton,  Lady 

228 

Miller,  Captain 

36 

Miller,  Lady 

490 

Macgilivray 

287 

Miller,  Joe 

206 

Mackenzie,  Major  Gen.    . 

76 

Milton,  John 

276 

Mackinnon,  Major  Gen.  . 

72 

Milton,  John 

276 

Macpherson,      Alexander 

82 

Mira 

257 

Madame    de    Lavalette's 

Mirandula,  Earl  of 

330 

son 

145 

Miser,  on  an  old 

362 

Madan,  Bishop 

108 

Miser,  on  an  old 

362 

Magee,  Alexander 

214 

Miser,  on  an  old 

363 

Maginn.  William 

312 

Mister  Bone 

364 

Maid  who   died  the  day 

Mohammed  2nd. 

8 

she  was  married,   on   a 

1G7 

Moir,  Dr.  David  Macbeth 

186 

Maid  who  was  drowned    . 

101 

Moises,  Rev.  Hugh 

129 

Maid,  on  an  old 

365 

Molly,  Poor 

236 

Maid,  on  a  fair 

369 

Monk,  Elizabeth 

342 

Maid,  on  a  fair 

372 

Monument  to  the  Guards 

76 

Maiden,  on  a  young 

370 

Moore,   Lieutenant  Gen- 

Malcolm, Admiral  Sir  P. 

44 

eral,  Sir  John 

64 

Man,  on  a  very  old 

344 

More,  Elizabeth 

304 

Man  and  his  Wife,  on  a  . 

246 

More,  Eliza 

157 

Man,  on  a  young 

159 

More,  Hannah 

303 

Man,  on  a  young 

165 

More,  Martha 

303 

Man,    who    was    choked 

More,  Mary 

304 

with  new  bread,  on  a    . 

91 

More,  Sarah 

304 

Man  who  was  killed    in 

Morgan,  Meredith 

211 

America,  on  a 

100 

Morgan,  Hugh 

.      343 

Man  who  was  hanged,  on  a 

99 

Morwenstow,    Epitaph   al 

154 

Manchester,  Earl  of 

381 

Mosse,  Captain 

39 

Mandeville,  Sir  John 

421 

Mourn  not  this  hopeful 

163 

Mandeville,  Sir  John 

422 

Mournful,  oppressed 

477 

Mandeville,  Sir  John 

422 

Mud,  Matthew 

497 

Margaret,  of  Austria 

9 

Mailer,  John     . 

.      153 

Marl  borough,  Duke  of 

56 

My  fellow  sinners 

464 

Marrs,  on  the  3 

91 

Myers,  Lieut.  Col. 

45 

Marten,  Judge  (the  Regi- 

cide) 

376 

Nash,  Richard,  (Beau) 

.       444 

Martyn,  Eev.  Henry 

117 

Nassau,  George  R.  Savag 

J       488 

Blarlyn,  JucUre 

3/5 

Xeave,  Elizabeth 

249 

Mary  de  MeJlicis 

9 

Xeave,  Thomas 

249 

Mason,  Edward 

163 

Xelson.  Admiral  Lord 

51 

Mason,  Rev.  William 

132 

Xelson,  Rev.  Earl 

.       118 

Mason,  Mrs. 

132 

Xelson,  Countess 

118 

Massachussetts,  Epitaph  in 

475 

Xeville,  Captain 

do 

512 


1 

INDEX. 

PAGE 

PAGE 

Neville,  Cornet 

55 

Peirce,  Thomas 

437 

Newcastle,  Duke  of 

375 

Pemberton,    Sir   Goddard 

436 

Newcastle,  Duchess  of 

375 

Pern  ber ton,  Mrs. 

243 

Newington,  Epitaph  at     . 

259 

Pemberton,  Robert 

243 

Newton,  Bishop                 , 

108 

Pembroke,  Countess  of    . 

260 

Newton,  Sir  Isaac 

415 

Pembruge,  Catherine 

222 

Newton,  intended  for 

416 

Pendrell,  Richard 

75 

Newton,  Rev.  John 

122 

Penny,  John 

467 

Ney,  Tomb  of  Marshal     . 

62 

Penrose,  Rev.  Mr. 

116 

Nicholas,  Emperor  of  Rus 

Percival,  Rt.  Hon.  Spencer      378 

sia 

446 

Percival,  Rt.  Hon.,    West 

Nicholls,  Major 

26 

Abbey 

379 

Nicholls,  Robert 

103 

Percy,     Henrietta   Maria 

166 

Nightingale,  Mr. 

412 

Pere    la    Chaise,    3    epi- 

Nitocris, Queen 

2 

taphs  in 

144 

Noe  wonder  that 

144 

Pere    la    Chaise,    2    epi- 

Nolan, Captain 

65 

taphs  in 

257 

Norfolk,  Duchess  of 

423 

Perkins,  Peter 

186 

Norice,  William 

438 

Person,   on  an   unknown 

492 

North,  Christopher 

313 

Person,  on  a  young 

171 

Norton,   Colonel  Ambros< 

$        70 

Peter  the  Great 

445 

Nott,  William 

357 

Petrarch,  Francis 

330 

Phillips,  Claude 

208 

Ockham,  Epitaph  at 

87 

Phillips,  Claude,  for 

209 

Oh  !  friend  for  ever 

177 

Pickering,  Sophia  Olive 

146 

Old  Amos 

484 

Picton,    Lieut.    Gen.   Sii 

Old  Epitaph 

476 

Thomas 

49 

O'Looney,  Lady 

385 

Picton,    Lieut.    Gen.    Sii 

Otho  the  Great 

4 

Thomas 

49 

Ovid 

326 

Pigeon,  Edward 

395 

Owen,  John 

214 

Pigeon,  Nicholas 

395 

Pike,    Rev  John  Gregory 

323 

Pady,  James     . 

449 

Piron,  Alexis 

335 

Page,  Tom 

491 

Pitt,  Rev.  Christopher 

121 

Paine,  Tom 

290 

Pitt,  Rt.  Hon.  William 

386 

Pakenham,  Major  Genera 

L        74 

Pitt,    Rt.  Hon.  Wm.f   for 

386 

Palmer,    John 

198 

Planten,  John 

357 

Palmerston,     Viscountes 

»      436 

Plato                   : 

325 

Palovicin,  Orazio 

426 

Playfer,  Dr.       . 

114 

Pancras,  Epitaph  at 

143 

Plutarch 

325 

Parents  and  Friends 

94 

Pole,  Cardinal 

112 

Parker,  Archbishop 

111 

Polybius 

327 

Parlett,  James 

474 

Pond,  Dr.  John 

417 

Parnell,  Dr.  Thomas 

114 

Ponsonb}',   Major  Genera 

1        39 

Parr,  Dr.  Richard 

123 

Pope  Adrian  VI. 

113 

Parr,  Dr.  Samuel 

113 

Pope,  Alexander 

309 

Parr,  Old  Thomas 

337 

Pope,  Alexander 

309 

Parry,    Dr.  Caleb  Hillie 

r      188 

Pope,  Editha 

.       310 

Parsons,  William 

201 

Porlier,  General 

34 

Paston,  Margaret 

.       259 

Porter,  William 

.       249 

Pattison,  Susan 

:      236 

Porter,   who  died  sudden 

Pearce,  Dickv 

.       485 

ly  under  a  load,  on  a 

.       453 

Peck,  Mr.      "    . 

.       478 

Potter,  on  a 

.       459 

Peel,  1st  Sir  Robert 

406 

Pottinger,    Major  Eldrec 

I        48 

Peel,  Lady 

.      406 

Powell,  the  pedestrian 

.       440 

Peel,  2ud  Sir  Robert 

.       407 

Powell,  William 

.       199 

513 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Powell,  William 

.       200 

Robinson,  Rev.  William 

.       135 

Preston,  Robert 

.       463 

Robinson,  William 

.       141 

Price,  Henry 

.       417 

Rodney,  Admiral  Lord 

65 

Price,  Mrs. 

.       417 

Rogers,  Henry 

.       465 

Prior,  Matthew 

.      295 

Rogers,  Mary 

.       349 

Prior,  Matthew 

.       295 

Rogers,  Rebecca 

.      496 

Prior,  Matthew 

.       296 

Rogers,  Samuel 

.       322 

Prior,  Matthew 

.       296 

Rogers,  Samuel 

.      504 

Prior,  Matthew 

.       297 

Roscoe,  Ann 

.       253 

Prissick,  George 

.      455 

Ross,  Major  General 

43 

Pritchard,  Mrs. 

.       198 

Rotherham,  Epitaph  at 

.       240 

Pritchard.  Mary 

.       241 

Rousseau,  John  James 

.      331 

Pritchard,  Richard 

.      241 

Rousseau,  John  James 

.       33L 

Procilius 

.      465 

Rousseau,  John  James 

.      331 

Prosser,   John 

.       350 

Routleigh,  George 

.      450 

Prussia.  Queen  of 

16 

Rowe,  Mr. 

.       356 

Puckering,  Sir  John 

.       394 

Rowe,  Frank     . 

.       357 

Puckering,  Lady 

,       394 

Rowe,  Mrs. 

.       250 

Pulteney,  Daniel 

.       384 

Rowe,  Nicholas 

.       274 

Purcell,  Henry 

.       210 

Rowe,  Nicholas 

.       275 

Purdon,  Edward 

.       307 

Rowe,  Philip 

.       356 

Pye,  Eppitie 

.      346 

Rowell,  Ann 

.       164 

Royston,  Sarah 

.       165 

Quelche,    Ralph  and  Mrs 

.       245 

Rumbolt,  Stephen 

.       345 

Quin,  James 

.      205 

Russell,  Lord  John 

394 

Quin,  James 

.       205 

Russell,  Francis 

.       394 

Quinlivan,  Mary 

.       171 

Rutter,  Bishop 

105 

Quite  well  at  ten 

.       475 

S r,     Eliza 

.       158 

Racine 

.      334 

Saffin,  Thomas 

.       169 

Railway  Engineer 

456 

Sailor,  on  a 

83 

Rainolds,  Dr.  John 

.       122 

Sailor,  on  a 

85 

Raleigh,  Sir  Walter 

306 

Salome,  Margaret 

235 

Raleigh,  Sir  Walter 

.       307 

Samsoe 

329 

Raleigh,  Sir  Walter 

307 

Samson,  Tam    . 

483 

Ralph,  William 

482 

Sancroft,  Archbishop 

104 

Randall,  John 

361 

Sandeman,  Robert 

445 

Raphael 

.       194 

Sandwich,  Earl  of 

69 

Reader,  whoe'er 

464 

Saon 

333 

Rector,  on  a 

119 

Sardanapalus     . 

1 

Reddyard,  John 

.       213 

Sardanapalus     . 

1 

Reeve,  Clara 

289 

Saunderses,  on  the 

488 

Religious  Disputants,  on 

2     488 

Scarlett,  R. 

341 

Rench,  Nathaniel 

340 

Scarron,  Paul 

332 

Reynolds,  Sir  Joshua 

193 

Schoolmistress,       for      8 

t 

Rich,  William 

345 

country 

502 

Richmond,  Duke  of 

.      398 

Scipio,  Africanus 

486 

Rigg,  on  6  young  persons 

I 

Scold,  on  a 

237 

named 

86 

Scold,  on  a 

237 

Riou,  Captain    . 

39 

Scold,  on  a 

239 

Robespierre 

382 

Scott,  Rev.  George 

119 

Robinson,  Ellen  Jane 

136 

Scott,  Grace 

225 

Robinson,  Marianne 

136 

Scott,  Hon.  John 

402 

Robinson,  Mary 

202 

Scott,  Hon.  John 

402 

Robinson,   Sally 

141 

Scott,  Margaret 

338 

Robinson,  Susannah 

254 

Scott,  Maria      . 

152 

514 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Scott,  Mr. 

403 

Spong,  John 

454 

Scott,  Hon.  W.  H.  J. 

401 

Spragg,  Anne 

.       174 

Scotte,  R. 

351 

Spurrer,  Walter 

89 

Scrivenor,  William 

449 

St.  Evremond,  Charles  D 

.       318 

Selby,  Dorothy 

.     435 

St.  John's,    Leeds,   at 

.       483 

Selwyn,  John    . 

380 

St.  Margaret's,  Ipswich,  at     264 

Sevenoaks,  Epitaph  at 

475 

St.  Mary  Elms, Ipswich.at       351 

Seward,  Miss 

303 

St.  Olave,  Epitaph  at 

.       492 

Sexton's  2  Wives,  Tom 

.       247 

St.  Vincent,  Earl  of 

60 

Shakspeare,  William 

.       264 

Stafford,  Dr. 

.       184 

Shakspeare,  William 

265 

Stainton,  Elizabeth 

.       419 

Shakspeare,  William 

.       266 

Standen,  Anthony 

,       379 

Shakspeare,  Mrs. 

.       267 

Stanley,  Miss 

.       372 

Shaw,  Eliza 

.       340 

Stanley,  Sir  Thomas 

.      397 

Shaw,  Huntingdon 

.      195 

Stay,  Christian,  stay 

.       163 

Shaw,  John 

.      179 

Staymaker,  on  a 

.       448 

Shaw,  William 

.       181 

Stearne,  James 

.       460 

Shelley,  Percy  Bysshe 

319 

Stedman,   Captain  J.   G 

.       302 

Shenstone,  William 

277 

Stenson,  Augustus 

.      450 

Sheridan,  Richard  B. 

.       202 

Stephen  and  Mary 

.       246 

Sheridan,  Mrs. 

201 

Stephen  Little 

.      211 

Sheridan,  Dr.  Thomas 

.      288 

Stephenson,  George 

424 

Sherland,  Edward 

180 

Stepney,  Georgej 

.       288 

Short,   yet  how   pleasing 

;      144 

Sterne,  Rev.  Laurence 

.       125 

Shovel,  Sir  Cloudesley 

45 

Sterne,  Rev.  Laurence 

,       125 

Shovel,  Sir  Cloudesley 

46 

Sterne,  Rev.  Laurence 

.       126 

Shuter,  Ned 

.       203 

Sterne,  Miss 

.       170 

Silton,  Epitaph  at 

258 

Stevens,  Robert 

.      502 

Similis 

24 

Stevens  William 

.      434 

Simpson,  George 

101 

Stonhouse,   Rev.  Sir  Jas 

Since  God  to  take 

152 

M.D. 

182 

Sisters,  on  4 

167 

Stonhouse,  Sarah 

.      182 

Sisters,  on  Twin 

154 

Stop  traveller 

95 

Skerrett,    Major  Genera 

I        54 

Stowell,  Lord 

403 

Sleep  on  fair  maid 

869 

Strafford,  Earl  of 

393 

Sloane,  Sir  Hans 

183 

Strange,  Sir  John 

503 

Smith,  Isaac 

81 

Suger,  the  abbe 

.       133 

Smith,  Richard 

454 

Suggate,  Mary 

490 

Smith,  Sarah 

252 

Sullen,  John 

470 

Smith,  Sir  Sidney 

70 

Sully,  Duke  of 

63 

Smith,  William 

94 

Sussex,  Duke  of 

22 

Smithson,  Robert 

412 

Swallowfield,  Epitaph  at 

146 

So,  John 

497 

Swannell,  Harriett 

.      143 

Soldier,  on  an  old 

82 

Swannell,  James 

143 

Soldier,  on  a 

85 

Swift,  Dr.  Jonathan 

116 

Soldiers,  on  2  Danish 

90 

Swinbourne,    Ursula 

217 

Somerset,  John 

502 

Symonds,  William 

474 

Somerville,  William 

281 

Son,  on  an  only 

160 

Taggart,  John 

461 

Sot,  on  an  ignorant  drunke 

n    360 

Tailor,  on  a 

461 

South  Wooton,  Epitaph  a 

t     471 

Talfourd,   Justice 

409 

SoHthcote,  Joanna 

421 

Tallow  Chandler,  on  a 

452 

Southey,  Robert 

321 

Tallow   Chandler,      on  £ 

i 

Southey,  Robert 

322 

corpulent 

458 

Spalding,  Joseph 

83 

Tappy,  James 

217 

Spencer,  Edmund 

269 

Tasso,  Bernardo 

329 

515 


EPITAPHS,  ETC. 

PAGE 

PAGE 

Tasso,  Torquato 

.       329 

Virgin,  for  a 

.       369 

Tattersell,  Captain  N. 

75 

Tattersell,  Mrs. 

75 

Waddingham,  Epitaph  at       353 

Taylor,  Dr.  Rowland 

.       137 

Wade,  Field  Marshal 

52 

Taylor,  Dr.  Rowland 

.       137 

Wager,  Admiral  Sir  C. 

37 

Taylor,  Dr.  Rowland 

.       138 

Wakefield,  Epitaph  at 

.       226 

Taylor,  John 

.       312 

Walker,  Dr. 

.       276 

Teddy,  Poor 

.       496 

Waller,  Edmund 

.       289 

The  vernal  grass 

.       152 

Waller,  Lady  Jane 

.       233 

Themistocles 

23 

Walpole,  Lady 

.      256 

Theodore,  Anthony  I. 

15 

Walsall,  Epitaph  at 

.       496 

Theodore,   Col.   Frederic! 

c         15 

Walton,  Izaak 

.       299 

Theodore,  Paleologus 

13 

Walton,  Mrs. 

.       299 

Thickness.  Miss 

.       160 

Walworth,  Sir  William 

.       376 

Thomas,  Elizabeth  Emm 

a      491 

Warburton,  Bishop 

.       108 

Thomas  and  his  Wife 

239 

Ward,  Dr. 

.       838 

Thompson,  Francis 

482 

Washington,  Gen.  George         33 

Thomson,  James 

267 

Waterhouse,   Rev.  Joshua      100 

Thomson,  James 

268 

Waters,  James 

.       465 

Thorpe,      Major    Samue 

1         71 

Watson,  John 

.       438 

Thou  lovely  babe 

140 

Watt,  James 

.       427 

Thwaits,  Francis 

149 

Watts,  Dr.  Isaac 

.       134 

Thynne,  Thomas 

103 

Watts,  Dr.  Isaac 

135 

Tibullus  and  Virgil 

323 

Webb,  Dame  Elizabeth  1> 

\.      487 

Tickell,  Thomas 

290 

Webb,  William 

464 

Tighe,  Mrs. 

285 

Webster,  iudmund 

439 

Tindal,  Judge 

409 

We  ver,  John 

.       318 

Tipper,  Thomas 

427 

Wells.   Mr. 

499 

Titian 

193 

Welshman,  James 

256 

Tollemache,  Sir  Lionel 

387 

Wentworth,    Lady  Marie 

t       371 

Tollemache,  Sir  Lionel     . 

388 

Wesley,  Rev.  Charles 

114 

Tollemache,  Sir  Lionel     . 

388 

Wesley,  Rev.  John 

138 

Tollemache,  Sir  Lionel     . 

388 

West,  John 

354 

Tollemache,  Sir  Lionel     . 

389 

West.  Dr.  Thomas 

185 

Tonson,  Jacob 

315 

Wtstbury,  Epitaph  at 

98 

Tracy,  Sir  William  de 

433 

West  bury,  Epitaph  at 

253 

Tradescants,  on  the  5 

420 

Westcott,  Capt. 

72 

Traitor,  on  a 

94 

Westerham,  Epitaph  at 

263 

Trehearne  John 

218 

Westerham,  Epitaph  at 

351 

Trumbull,  Sir  William     . 

381 

Weston,  Epitaph  at 

359 

,Tully  General 

352 

What  is  man's  life 

493 

Tyrer,  Rev.  Ralph 

134 

Wheatcroft,  Mrs 

251 

Whiston,  Rev.  William 

120 

Underneath  this  stone 

169 

White,  Deborah 

352 

Underwood,  Captain 

90 

White,  George 

162 

Underwood,  John 

475 

White,  Gilbert 

319 

Unwin,  Mrs. 

281 

Whit.',  Job 

463 

W'hite,  Mary 

263 

Yanbrucjh,  Sir  John 

414 

White.  Henry  Kirke 

297 

Vandycke,  Anthony 

193 

Whitehead,  Paul 

817 

Yenning,  Walter 

430 

Whiten,  Ann 

16S 

Yere,  Sir  Francis 

.       44 

Whit  more,  Ladv 

225 

Yernon,  James 

350 

Wickliffe,  John" 

305 

Vernon,  John                      , 

441 

Wife,  on  a  beloved 

224 

Vernon,  Catherine 

161 

Wife,  on  a  good 

224 

Virgil, 

324 

Wife,  on  a  good 

227 

IG 


INDEX. 

PAGE 

P  \OE 

Wife,  on  a  good. 

.       230 

Wolley,  Adam  . 

339 

Wife,  on  a  bad 

.         2^6 

Wolley,  Grace  . 

.       339 

Wife,  on  a  bad 

.       237 

Woman,  on  a  quarrelsome      237 

Wightman,  Rev.  Dr. 

.       115 

Woman  and  her  3  daughters  254 

Wilkes,  John 

.       882 

Woman,  on  a  voung 

.       157 

Wilkie,  Sir  David 

.       195 

Woollett,  William 

.       195 

William  III. 

14 

Worby,  Elizabeth 

.       226 

Williams,  Sally 

.       466 

Wordsworth,  William 

.       313 

Williams,  Mary 

.       229 

Worlingworth,  Epitaph  a 

t      229 

Willington,  Jane 

.       349 

Worsdale,  James 

192 

Willock,  Sarah 

.       353 

Wotton,  Sir  Henry 

284 

Willson,  Peter 

84 

Wray,  William 

494 

Wills,  Joseph 

.       457 

Wren,  Sir  Christopher 

411 

Wilson,  Bishop 

.       105 

Wren,  Sir  Christopher 

411 

Wilson,  Captain  Henry 

69 

Wren,  Richard. 

472 

Wilson,  Sir  John 

.       392 

Wright,  Joseph 

458 

Wimbledon.  Epitaph  at 

.       157 

Wright,  John   . 

83 

Winche,  Judge 

.       379 

Wright,  John    . 

470 

Winchester,  Marquis  of 

.       382 

Wynne,  Dr.  William 

113 

Winchester,  Marchioness 

of   172 

Wynter,  Sir  Edward 

425 

Windham,  Thomas 

.       466 

Wingfield,  Epitaph  at 

.       501 

Yale,  Elihu       . 

425 

With  deepest  thoughts 

.       501 

York,  Richard  Duke  of 

8 

Withers,  George 

.      282 

York,  Richard  Duke  of 

19 

Withers,  Gen.  Henry 

37 

York,  Edward  Duke  of 

19 

Witty  Epitaphs 

472 

Young,  Rev.  Edward 

128 

Wives,  on  a  man's  two 

246 

Young,  Elizabeth 

128 

Wolfe,  Gen.      . 

33 

Youth,  on  a 

159 

Wolfe,  Gen.      . 

34 

Youth,  on  a 

171 

Wolfe,  Gen.      . 

446 

Wolfe,  Gen,      . 

447 

Zosima 

464 

Wolflf,  Matty    . 

235 

« 

THE    END. 


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